Sitting on the bus one day, you find yourself swiping through your phone’s photo library. The many pictures of your kids make you smile as nostalgia floods over you. So many memories. The first holiday you took with the kids, the day out at the zoo, your little one’s very first birthday! But it suddenly dawns on you that despite having hundreds of photos of the kids, because you’ve been the one taking them, there are very few of you all together.

Now, we’re not just talking about selfies, we’re talking about you posing for the camera with your kids, smiling and laughing, out exploring the world, and making beautiful memories.

So why is it important for me to take photos with my kids?

While you’ll surely cherish the many photos you’ve taken of your kids, we know that years into the future they’ll massively appreciate seeing their mother or father hugging them and smiling lovingly at them as they posed for a photo. After all, photos don’t just capture a moment in time, they preserve it for generations to come!

And given that you put so much work into organising fun adventures and experiences for your kids, you will all have some proof to hold onto that you were all there together having the very best time!

Hopefully we’ve convinced you just how special taking photos with your kids really is, and we bet you’re now itching to get started and find out how to take more photos together. So let’s take a look!

How do I take more photos with my kids?

Well, the answers are thankfully pretty easy to accomplish:

Come up with a fun name for these photos. If you can come up with a fun and catchy name for photos of you and the kids, you’re much more likely to capture one when you’re out and about. It could be anything from ‘Mum was here photos’ to ‘Dad’s photo bombs’.

Make sure you take a photo at each outing or special event. Now that our phones do practically everything, it’s easier than ever to take a great picture. So get your phone out at special events or family outings, take a photo, and then put it away.

Ask people to take photos. If you’re on your own with the kids, ask a fellow parent to stop and take a photo for you and offer to take one in return.

Be proud of the parent you are. While we know you’re doing the very best for your kids, we also know that it’s easy to forget this at times. So capture wonderful moments and take a quick look at them when you need a reminder of how great a parent you are!

Why is it important to take pictures together?

Be proud of your family and capture them on camera, says Unii.