How to Capture Your Family’s 2025 Goals and Make it Your Best Year Yet!
As a new year begins, some families like to take a moment to reflect on their goals and dreams for the year ahead. Whether it’s spending more time together, celebrating milestones, or simply embracing the little moments, photography can help you preserve these memories. Here are a few family activity ideas and tips to capture your family’s 2025 goals through photographs.
1. Create a Family Vision Board (and Photograph It!)
Get the fam together and create a vision board of your 2025 goals—travel plans, hobbies to try, or even weekly movie nights. Once it’s done, take a fun, candid photo of everyone posing with it. Not only will that picture serve as a visual reminder of what you’re working toward, but it’s a memory of the day you all sat down and created together.
Pro Tip: Get out those art supplies! Use colorful markers and cutouts to make your board vibrant and personal.
2. Document Your Everyday Routines
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the magic is in the mundane. Document your family doing everyday activities that align with your goals, like cooking meals together, reading books as a family, or playing in the backyard. These small moments reflect the foundation of your life together!
Photographer’s Note: These moments are perfect for a documentary session in your home, where everyone is at ease and natural… hint hint.
3. Highlight Milestones and Achievements
As your family works toward their goals, make sure to celebrate the milestones along the way! Maybe your child mastered riding a bike, or you finally planted that garden you’ve been dreaming of. Get the photo! These images will remind you of the journey and how far you’ve come.
Idea: Create a mini photo book at the end of the year showcasing all your hard work and accomplishments!
4. Schedule Seasonal Photo Sessions
Alright, yep, a shameless plug to get your family photos taken professionally! Align your photo sessions with the seasons to reflect your goals and the year’s journey. Winter might highlight cozy family time, spring could represent new beginnings, summer might showcase adventures, and fall could celebrate traditions like pumpkin picking or family hikes.
Pro tip: Use your photos from these sessions to create holiday cards or gifts for loved ones!
5. Capture ‘Before and After’ Photos
Start the year with a family photo that captures who you are right now. Then, as 2025 comes to a close, take another photo to see how much has changed. These side-by-side images will illustrate growth, change, and all the memories you’ve made along the way. We all know those kids grow and change wayyyy too fast.
Fun Twist: Pose in the same location or use similar props for a more striking comparison!
Final Thoughts
Photography is more than just clicking a button to get a ‘quick pic’; it’s a way to preserve the heart of your family’s journey. Whether through professional photo sessions or everyday snapshots, each image tells a story of love, growth, and connection. Let’s make 2025 a year to remember, one photo at a time.
Ready to start capturing your family’s goals? Let’s chat about how I can help document your story!
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Kara Summerson is a friendly, down-to-earth photographer who captures the real, unscripted moments that make life beautiful. With a mix of documentary and lifestyle photography, she creates a fun, relaxed vibe, making everyone—especially kids—feel at ease. Based in the Farmington Valley, and specializing in family, maternity, and newborn sessions, Kara’s work is all about preserving the warmth and joy of your most meaningful moments.