Photos with grandparents
Photo ideas with grandparents, before the next visit.
The best photos with grandparents are taken while doing something together: cooking their recipe, looking through old albums, walking the garden. Add a few planned ones, like three generations side by side, everyone’s hands together, and a portrait of the grandparents on their own, and take them in soft light with a comfortable seat. Then put them where the grandparents can see them too.
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10 photo ideas with grandparents
- Three generations in a row: grandparent, parent and grandchild side by side, or each sitting one step lower on the stairs.
- Hands of every generation: hands stacked on the table, or holding one cup together. No faces needed, and it says a lot.
- Grandparents in the middle: sitting, with the whole family around and behind them, leaning in.
- The two of them: a portrait of the grandparents alone, close together. It’s the photo most families realise they don’t have.
- Recreate their wedding photo: same pose, same place if you can. Show the old and the new side by side.
- Their recipe: hands in the dough, the pot on the stove, someone tasting. Shoot close and from above.
- Looking through old albums: everyone around the album, pointing and laughing. Photograph the faces, not the pages.
- In their favourite place: the garden, the workshop, the bench by the sea, their armchair.
- Walking together: arm in arm along a path, taken from behind or from the side.
- Every grandchild, one by one: a quick photo of each grandchild with the grandparents, at the same spot.
Tips for taking them
- Comfort first. Give the grandparents a good chair and bring everyone else to their height, instead of asking them to stand for long.
- Soft light. By a window or in open shade. Harsh sun makes everyone squint, and flash is unkind to everyone.
- Glasses: tilt them very slightly down to avoid reflections, or turn the face a little away from the window.
- Keep it short. Ten minutes of posed photos, then put the phone on the table and keep taking natural ones.
- Take many. With several generations, someone always blinks or looks away.
Getting everyone in, including you
The family photographer is the one missing from the photos with the grandparents. Stand the phone on a shelf or a small tripod, use the 10-second timer, and join the group. Or ask a neighbour: show them where to stand and ask for a few photos, not one.
How to take family photos with your phone
Then share them with the grandparents too
Photos taken on a visit often stay on the phone that took them. Grandparents, who would look at them most, are often the last to get them, and get them small, through a chat.
Lumo is a free, private family album that grandparents open on the phone or tablet they already have. They join with a link or a 4-digit family code, every new photo is waiting for them, and they can add photos and comment too. For a big family gathering, make an event album and share its QR code, so everyone’s photos of the day go to the same place.
How to share photos with grandparents
How to take photos with grandparents
- Pick a comfortable placeA good chair, soft light from a window or open shade.
- Start with the planned onesThree generations, hands together, the grandparents on their own.
- Then do something togetherCook, look at old albums, walk the garden, and keep taking photos.
- Get yourself inPhone on a shelf or a tripod, 10-second timer.
- Share them in the family albumIn full quality, where the grandparents can see them too.
Questions
How do you pose three generations in one photo?
Sit the grandparents in the middle and have everyone else around and behind them, heads at different heights. Or line up one person from each generation side by side, or each one step lower on the stairs.
How do you avoid reflections in glasses?
Tilt the glasses very slightly down, or turn the face a little away from the window or lamp. Avoid the flash.
How can grandparents see the photos?
In a shared family album they open on their own phone or tablet. In Lumo, they join with a link or a 4-digit family code, and every new photo is waiting for them.
Who can see the photos?
Only the people in your family album, or in the event you invited them to. Nothing is public, there are no followers and no ads.
Is Lumo free?
Yes. The family album, unlimited photos and videos, inviting family, and event albums for gatherings are all free, on iPhone, iPad and Android, and in a browser at app.lumomagic.com.
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