Weekend Reflections: Capturing Smiles

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Tiger girl smiling

A smile means a thousand words. It’s a priceless expression which bring greats joy to others who view it. A smile breaks down barriers and initiates conversations. It also brings great warmth into a moment which freezes time.It certainly brightens up one’s day.

I love capturing the kids on camera and Tiger girl is a natural when it comes to smiling for the camera. She loves to be the one I am focusing my lens on and will readily post for the camera. The coy look, the cheeky grin, mouth wide open. So many different facial expressions can be portrayed when I say cheese and point the camera at her.

They are at an age where smiling and posing for the camera comes easily. I know when they grow to be teenagers and even adults they may not be so natural with the camera.

Have you been capturing your kids smiles?

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November 2, 2012

Make Christmas Fun with a Portable North Pole Santa Video

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Screenshot Taken from Portable North Pole Website

Thinking of a way which you can make Christmas extra special for your kids. How about sending them a Portable North Pole Santa Video?

At Portable North Pole you can customize a message by Santa to your child with pictures of your little one embedded within the video. I made one for Doggie boy and it was really easy.

screenshot1 In just 4 simple step you can make and purchase your own unique Christmas greeting from Santa. The first step includes choosing whether the child has been nice, naughty or naughty and nice.

Screen capture from Portable North Pole

Next, you will need to choose your child’s gender, date of birth, country that he lives in an your relationship to him. You also have to fill in a short questionnaire on the message that you wish Santa to relay to your child via the video.

order form step 3

A summary is shown to you on the right column of the page which indicates the selections which you had made. If you wish to alter any of your prior selections you just need to click on the green button on the right next to the column that you wish to change. You will be taken back to your previous page and edits can be made easily.

Checkout

After everything has been been confirmed you will be brought to the checkout screen where you can check your order and op to pay by Visa, Mastercard or Paypal. I opted to pay by Paypal as it makes payment a breeze with it.

confirmation

You get instant confirmation about the purchase immediately after the order has been placed through. It took me about 10 minutes to complete my order and I’m looking forward to receiving the video link once their PNP video console is released in mid November.

I’m sure that Doggie boy will be simple ecstatic to see a personalized video from Santa with pictures of him inside. It would certainly be a Christmas which he will never forget.

How are you going to make your child’s Christmas a memorable occasion?

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