In a previous blog I shared a story about a recent birthday party my daughter attended. Besides the remote control car incident the party yielded many other surprises, including one worthy of this blog.
My professional videographer friend hosted the party and he and his wife came up with a fabulous idea that incorporated photography into the party favors. They created a backdrop—–in this case it was a massive painting of a country scene featuring Thomas the Tank in the distance (the party was for his 4-year-old son and had a Thomas theme)—and had each child stand in front of it for an individual photo session.
In the spirit of monkey-see monkey-do, my friend was able to get all 10 kids to pose for him. (Quite an accomplishment given the ages of the party guests.) Once the kids saw how fun it could be (mainly because my friend is like a clown and can get even the crabbiest kid to crack a smile) they all wanted to pose.
Each party guest posed for two pictures. One by themselves and the other with the birthday boy. The painted backdrop gave the shoot a professional feel and each child happily smiled for the mini-photo session. (It helped that no more than two pictures were taken of each child and that the backdrop was situated in a quiet area of the house where there were very few distractions.) My friend worked quickly—-the kids came, they posed, and they were gone. I would estimate the entire picture-taking project took less than 30 minutes.
Once he got the shots my friend printed them out and stuck them to pre-made photo thank you cards. For example, the front of my daughter’s card featured the picture of her posing with the birthday boy under the words “THANK YOU.” Inside, the card read, “FOR MAKING MY BIRTHDAY SO SPECIAL” and it included a copy of the individual shot taken of her in front of the Thomas backdrop.
It was a great way to spice up the thank you note and the entire project didn’t take much time or money to execute. What’s more, the birthday boy’s mom now has a ton of great shots of her son and his friends to add to his scrapbook.
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