Although as a rule I prefer photographs of the children playing and just being themselves. I do admit, I like to get a ‘posed photograph’ of our brood together every so often and it is always a challenge to get them looking the same  way, never mind all looking beautiful and pristine. 

One gets distracted; one has their eyes closed, one get distracted; one is grimacing; one can’t be seen; one runs away; one moves and is blurry,