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Family Trip Means Lots Of Photo Opps!

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There were two words that could always unify my sister and I (at least for a moment) — Photo Opp!

Every mention of a photo opp was met with spontaneous eye rolls and groans as mom did her best to ignore our bemoaning and urged us with great zeal into position.

Stand here. Put your arm around each other. Smile — smile pretty. (Pretend you are having fun.)

Snap.

In a moment, it was over. The photo was taken and we could once again resume a look of discontent and go back to whatever it was we wanted to be doing instead. (Unless, of course, one or more of us was less than cooperative and had to be convinced to smile nicely.)

Family Vacation Photo Opp

It was only a moment, but to us it was torture. Sheer torture. Which is silly because thanks to mom we have shelves and shelves of photo albums capturing trips, events, birthdays and more. We can look back with a knowing smile and tease each other about fashion choices and reminisce about all the fun we had. And we did have a lot of fun.

Yes, mom tortured us by making us smile for every photo opp imaginable. But for that I thank her. And as I beg and plead with my own daughters to smile nicely for the camera, I mutter apologizes under my breath to my mother. The circle of life. 

While I now thank mom for all of the photos she has taken and continues to take, after transferring a long-lost family vacation video to DVD I couldn’t help but to poke fun at her… Just one more time. 

On one family trip, dad shot roughly 30 minutes of video. In that 30 minutes, he captured 10 such photo opps. Ahh yes, video proof of the dreaded photo opp. And naturally, I had to make a montage.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWR5x6MyPD0

(Yes, even when my kid sister hurt herself I knew, the photo must go on.)

The constant photo taking served my sister and I well. Not only do we have smiling happy photos, but we both learned (eventually) that it served us better to just smile every time we saw a camera come out. Whip out a camera in front of my sister or I, and you will see a smile flash. It’s just easier and the photo looks better for it!

This trip down memory lane was made possible by transferring our old 8 mm tapes to digital and DVD with YesVideo. My whole family has enjoyed reminiscing. If you have video footage locked away on an old format, do something about it. Relive your memories (and possible photo opps) with YesVideo.

Check out more of my YesVideo memories:

  • Christmases Past
  • Epic Birthday Parties

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Contest ends February 5, 2014.

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  1. keely hostetter says

    January 22, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    My kids when they were toddlers

    Reply
  2. Katrina larose says

    January 22, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    The betas from when I was little! Christmas Eve at my Grandparents house with 500 relatives squeezing into a little one bedroom apartment. Me singing “take me out to the ball game” at 18 mos old with my die hard Yankee fan grandfather. Christmas morning when my dad would PLUG IN his video recorder and turn on the overhead spotlight on us first thing in the morning lol! Not only seeing relatives that have passed, but, showing my son and my nieces and nephews how “cool” their parents looked!

    Reply
  3. Wendi S says

    January 22, 2014 at 9:25 pm

    I have VHS of my babies. So I really want to see them again. Thanks for sharing your video. Your Mom was so funny like my Mom. It made me really miss my Mom. You and your sister were adorable!

    Reply
  4. Robin P says

    January 22, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    My wedding is still on VHS. We used to watch it every year on our anniversary until we sold our VCR at a garage sale.

    Reply
  5. Candi S. says

    January 22, 2014 at 11:04 pm

    I would love to see my wedding. We have lost 4 family members since our wedding and it would be so nice to see them again.

    Reply
  6. Anne N. says

    January 23, 2014 at 12:25 am

    My birthday parties when I was little!

    Reply
  7. Mary Happymommy says

    January 23, 2014 at 7:21 am

    I’d like to see videos of when my oldest child was born.

    Reply
  8. Trisha W. says

    January 23, 2014 at 11:57 am

    I love this! I take pictures here and there and my kids don’t really like to cooperate. I had to laugh as I read your post and watched the video clip. Hopefully down the line they will appreciate my pictures.

    Reply
    • Trisha W. says

      January 23, 2014 at 11:58 am

      But to answer your question, I’d love to get a copy of my wedding on DVD. We never received a copy that my Uncle-in-law took 20 years ago. First baby clips would be great too.

      Reply
  9. angie pruden says

    January 23, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    my son when he was little

    Reply
  10. Oh, The Places We Travel says

    January 23, 2014 at 4:24 pm

    I love how you also have a camera hanging around your neck! You can never capture too many memories on video or in photos of your vacations.

    Reply
    • jen says

      January 25, 2014 at 10:33 pm

      Guilty 🙂

      Reply
  11. Beeb says

    January 24, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    I have an 8mm film from when I was a toddler that no one in my family has ever seen, it’s on my list to get that converted at some point!

    Reply
  12. Michelle says

    January 24, 2014 at 1:41 pm

    My son makes goofy faces when I take pictures of him. He gets so tired of them! lol

    Reply
  13. HilLesha says

    January 24, 2014 at 2:10 pm

    What a wonderful way to preserve memories!

    Reply
  14. Jennifer Speed says

    January 24, 2014 at 2:37 pm

    Definitely our trip to Savannah,GA

    Reply
  15. Donna says

    January 24, 2014 at 3:37 pm

    I have so many vhs tapes that needs converted.

    Reply
  16. Jennifer @ My Sweet Sanity says

    January 24, 2014 at 4:42 pm

    My wedding would be great to see on video again. Still have it on the little tapes.

    Reply
  17. Digna D. says

    January 24, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    I don’t have any for converting. Your transfer turned out great. I can relate to the picture taking. My son hates it and half the time I can’t get him to smile. He does like to make goofy faces.

    Reply
  18. Ashley - Embracing Beauty says

    January 24, 2014 at 5:52 pm

    I’d love to watch any home videos…especially those with my grandpa who has since passed away. I miss him.

    Reply
  19. Sara Phillips says

    January 24, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    My Mom didn’t do much videography, but my wedding is on VHS and I would love to watch that again!

    Reply
  20. Nicole Brady says

    January 24, 2014 at 9:10 pm

    My folks have some videos from when we were in high school (that’s when we got our first video camera). I have no idea where any of them are but would love to see those again! (Although I think most of the footage is of my brothers and the wrestling team.)

    Reply
  21. Darlene Jones-Nelson says

    January 24, 2014 at 11:12 pm

    I have never seen my husbands parents video’s yet! I would love to.

    Reply
  22. Shell Feis says

    January 24, 2014 at 11:13 pm

    I’ve transferred some of my home videos using YesVideo & LOVE their service! I want to have some more transferred, like some of my old videos I made with friends where we were singing Spice Girls music in our jammies. I can just imagine sharing those videos on Facebook &tagging them all!

    Reply
    • jen says

      January 25, 2014 at 10:27 pm

      Hehehehe – I wanna see your Spice Girls Video 🙂

      Reply
  23. Tammilee Tillison says

    January 25, 2014 at 1:05 am

    There are some fun videos from growing up I would love to see again.

    Reply
  24. Shannon Baas says

    January 25, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    The ones of our family vacations.

    Reply
  25. Margaret Smith says

    January 25, 2014 at 5:56 pm

    I’d like the ones of my children when they were little.

    Reply
  26. Becky Greenly says

    January 25, 2014 at 7:16 pm

    Child hood videos for sure

    Reply
  27. Tari Lawson says

    January 26, 2014 at 7:26 am

    I would love to see my childhood videos again.

    Reply
  28. Amanda says

    January 28, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    My son’s first steps and first birthday party. Wonderful memories

    Reply
  29. Tammy says

    January 28, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    My husband’s childhood home videos

    Reply
  30. John Joseph says

    January 28, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    our family vacation

    Reply
  31. Sarah says

    January 28, 2014 at 10:43 pm

    A school performance.

    Reply
  32. Sarah L says

    January 29, 2014 at 1:37 am

    Vacation videos.
    Thanks for the contest.

    Reply
  33. tracy simms says

    January 29, 2014 at 2:10 am

    our wedding –on vhs tape..14 years ago..thanks

    Reply
  34. Lauren-Olivia Wood says

    January 29, 2014 at 3:17 am

    Old Christmas video tapes will be great on dvd!

    Reply
  35. Ann B. says

    January 29, 2014 at 1:29 pm

    My older girls when they were little…
    I would love love love to have them on DVD

    Reply
  36. Jessamine D. says

    January 29, 2014 at 2:34 pm

    Video of my 1st birthday. 🙂

    Reply
  37. Jean says

    January 29, 2014 at 9:39 pm

    The videos I took of my girls when they were infants and toddlers. They grow up so fast!

    Reply
  38. Leslie says

    January 29, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    I would love to see old videos from when I graduated from high school and college.

    Reply
  39. Sue E says

    January 30, 2014 at 9:40 pm

    I don’t have that many videos, and the couple of tapes that we do have, are not clear – they are grainy.
    Plus no one I know has a tape/VHS player anymore!
    But our tapes are of holidays & birthday parties – would LOVE to see the again & relive those memories!!

    Reply
  40. Jim W. says

    February 1, 2014 at 10:30 am

    I have videos of my dog, who has since passed away. I’d love to see them again.

    Reply
  41. Kim Ripley says

    February 2, 2014 at 3:37 pm

    I have wedding video footage on tape that I would LOVE to see!

    Reply
  42. Jacqueline W. says

    February 3, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    I have a few tapes of when my children were little. Plus, my boyfriend has a few of his son. I’ve always meant to get them transferred on to DVD’s.

    Reply
  43. Jaque R. says

    February 4, 2014 at 6:35 pm

    My siblings and I as children. 🙂 Thank you.

    Reply
  44. Denise C says

    February 4, 2014 at 8:59 pm

    I have some from high school that I’d like to watch again.

    Reply
  45. Britnee says

    February 4, 2014 at 10:44 pm

    Oh I’d love to see my sister freak out the first time she met santa again.

    Reply
  46. Laura says

    February 5, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    I can’t wait to see footage from my dance recitals!

    Reply
  47. amanda Whitley says

    February 5, 2014 at 3:41 pm

    i can’t wait to see our disney world trip again.

    Reply
  48. laurie says

    February 5, 2014 at 8:09 pm

    I have video of my sons growing up I haven’t seen in a long time

    Reply
  49. Jaclyn Reynolds says

    February 5, 2014 at 8:11 pm

    Videos of my children as toddlers!

    Reply
  50. DanV says

    February 5, 2014 at 8:54 pm

    I’d like to see my old home summer camp videos

    Reply
  51. Sarah B says

    February 5, 2014 at 9:38 pm

    VHS Movies from when I was a kid

    Reply
  52. Buddy Garrett says

    February 5, 2014 at 9:50 pm

    I would like to transfer movies of our daughter’s birthday parties and Christmas celebrations.

    Reply

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