Bringing out the old family photo album brings back so many memories. . . this is how Grandpa and Grandma looked when they got married, this is where I grew up, here is me pinning a corsage onto my prom date, here is the first Christmas after the baby was born, and so forth.

It's so nostalgic to look at photos that were taken long ago, but the question is: will your kids and grandkids have such photos of you and your family to look at many years from now? Not unless you take the time to have the photos taken. It's a good habit to develop to get the family together every so often for professionally done photos—photos you can put in your album and look at many years from now.

Arns Photography will be happy to do your portraits in their studio, at your home, or at the location of your choice. Holidays are good times to get portraits done, because the friends and relatives are often getting together already, and very little extra work is required. Whether you want photos of a single person, a couple, a family, or an extended family, Arns Photography can give you photos you'll be proud of!

But what about little Jimmy, who so often makes funny faces when a photo is being taken? In a group photo, it's common for Bill to have a nice smile, Sally to be blinking, Jimmy making a funny face, Aunt Sue looking the wrong direction—in other words, everybody looks good sometimes, but not all in the same photo. That's not a problem for Arns Photography: by using digital image-editing tools, we can combine the best Bill, the best Sally, the best Jimmy, the best Aunt Sue, and so forth, into a single image where everybody looks good.

Some occasions when you might want portraits taken:

• At a "round-number" anniversary (10th, 20th, 25th, 30th, etc.)
• Preparing for the opening of a theatrical show
• At graduation from high school or college
• At holidays when the whole family's together
• Because of a promotion at work
• At the birth of a baby or adoption of a child