Do your kids refuse to cooperate for family vacation photos? Do they have fake smiles and are annoyed by your constant requests? If you are a photo-taking maniac, chances are good that they are sick of posing in front of touristy spots for family pictures.
If you can’t get them to cooperate at all, then I have the cure:
Let them “not cooperate“.
Have you looked at your teen’s Instagram lately? It is loaded with really strange and goofy self portraits of themselves and equally odd photos of their friends. That is apparently what teens are after these days.
So let them be goofy. You already have enough “pretty” pictures of your kids, so why not just let them be dorks, and take photos of them having tons of fun!
In other words, when you’re on vacation, don’t pose them in front of cool stuff and and order your children to put on fake smiles — get involved! Ham it up!! Your photos will really capture the fun they are having and they won’t whine every time you want to take their picture. It will make the trip all the more memorable, and they’ll have fun at the same time. No doubt they will probably even share these “family pictures” with their friends, and you’ll have memories for a lifetime.
(These photos were taken during our Thanksgiving trip to Universal Islands of Adventure Tips at the Jurassic Park section of the park.)
