{"id":17403,"date":"2015-09-09T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T16:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/post\/john-keatley-world-champion-family-photos"},"modified":"2020-08-19T23:52:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T06:52:07","slug":"john-keatley-world-champion-family-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/blog\/john-keatley-world-champion-family-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"John Keatley: The World Champion of Family Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">When crowding into the yard with your best clothes isn\u2019t enough, hand your youngest baby over to a snow yetti.<\/p>\n<p>At least, that is one of the things that photographer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.keatleyphoto.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Keatley<\/a>\u00a0did using his well-honed professional skills. John takes family photos to a new level. He has imagined a whole host of worlds to plunge his family into every year since 2009, whether it\u2019s the upper branches of the tallest tree in the forest, or in a prison cell complete with orange jumpsuits\u2026 and a real prisoner.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-c59113a8-b197-1226-a08d-53b63de85f67\">We contacted John to ask him about his wacky and brilliant family tradition. Check out our interview below as well as his photos, which are in order from 2009 to 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn56.picsart.com\/179491650002201.jpg?r1024x1024\" alt=\"Family Photos\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>How did you first decide to take a creative family picture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I photographed my friends Brian and Jess for a funny holiday card they were sending out. We had so much fun shooting it and hanging out. \u00a0I was literally laughing nonstop for hours. \u00a0That experience got me thinking: I didn\u2019t have any pictures of my family in my style. \u00a0I never get out the lights unless it\u2019s a paid job. \u00a0So I decided it would be fun to do a yearly family picture, capturing a quirky or funny moment that our kids would someday find hilarious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0How did it become a series?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One year at a time I guess. \u00a0It\u2019s a lot of fun for us, and the excitement and encouragement everyone offers up makes it worth it. \u00a0People ask me year round now what my idea is for next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The costumes and sets of these can be pretty elaborate. How much preparation goes into these portraits?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Each year is pretty different, and some years are more involved than others. \u00a0I think I can say at the very least, every year we have some element of costume design as well as plenty of wardrobe shopping. \u00a0It usually takes a good week of prep and maybe up to a week of post work.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn59.picsart.com\/179492030000201.jpg?r1024x1024\" alt=\"Family Photos\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the whole family on board?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About as much as a 3 and 5 year old can be on board. \u00a0We have battled through sickness, tiredness, stress etc. \u00a0But we always get it done one way or another. \u00a0My wife and I have a lot of fun with it, and I think the kids enjoy it as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you discuss possible themes together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nichelle and I talk about ideas with each other quite a bit. \u00a0There is a lot of back and forth. Usually we know when we land on the right concept, and there isn\u2019t much disagreement. \u00a0I find the ideas tend to come from a family experience or memory from each year. \u00a0Not always directly or literally, but inspiration usually strikes from some experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the prisoner in the 2013 edition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was someone we met during the booking process at the King County Jail. \u00a0I believe his name was Tom. \u00a0Seemed like a nice enough guy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have the 2015 concept thought out yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am happy to say the concept for this year has been decided on, and I am really excited about it. \u00a0I can\u2019t get into details, but it is a bit of a departure from what we have done in years past. \u00a0It can be hard to reinvent something like this over and over, but I never want it to get stale, or feel like I am just repeating myself.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for all of your interest!!!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn58.picsart.com\/179492279001201.jpg?r1024x1024\" alt=\"Family Photos\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn43.picsart.com\/179492321000201.jpg?r1024x1024\" alt=\"Family Photos\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn52.picsart.com\/179492397000201.jpg?r1024x1024\" alt=\"Family Photos\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn40.picsart.com\/179492443000201.jpg?r1024x1024\" alt=\"Family Photos\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When crowding into the yard with your best clothes isn&rsquo;t enough, hand your youngest baby over to a snow yetti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","faq_show":false,"faq_enable_schema":false,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_enable_schema":false,"how_to_is_upload":false,"faq_title":"","how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"","how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"","how_to_image_alt":"","how_to_display_image":0,"faq_items":[],"how_to_steps":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1669],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","entry"],"acf":{"faq_show":false,"faq_title":"Frequently asked questions","faq_enable_schema":true,"faq_items":null,"how_to_show":false,"how_to_show_on_single":false,"how_to_title":"","how_to_layout":"default","how_to_steps":null,"how_to_enable_schema":true,"how_to_is_upload":true,"how_to_cta_text":"","how_to_cta_url":"https:\/\/picsart.com\/create\/editor","how_to_display_image":null,"how_to_image_alt":"","footer_banner_name":"Start your design in Picsart","footer_banner_link_":"\/","footer_banner_button_text_":"Get Started"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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