Taking studio pictures

Talking about photos, we takes tons of pictures and almost change our digital cameras like other changes underwear (they tend to slow down a lot after 10000 pictures). I love living in this age when sharing pictures and experiences is so much easier with the internet. Especially when you're an alien and are far away from friends and family.

But part from the daily pictures we take and share on daily basis, we also take studio pictures yearly. It's become a tradition and now when we've done it for a couple of years they're really fun to have and to compare. This is a standard gift to the grandparents every year (and we hope an appreciated gift) (oh, well, they will get them anyway).

Taking studio pictures here is easy and fast. If you go to a shopping mall you usually always find a Picture People (but DON'T order anything online from their SmileStore!), Sears Portrait Studio or JCPenney Portraits. You can even go there spontaneously if you just happened to at the mall.

I don't know if this is more common in Sweden now, but I only remember that taking studio photos was something you did when you graduate or got married. But things might have changed.

Here you take studio pictures at Christmas, Halloween, birthdays or any other occasion. We've actually started to try to go take studio pictures when family members visit. Pictures with family members are so valuable when you're an alien and I love that it's so easy and convenient to take them!

(or is it because I get to be in front of the camera and not in my usual place, behind it...).