Family portraits, just like family, are important. Over the years they will change. There will be new additions and sadly there will be people that will no longer be there.
My Dad died just over seven years ago. He never got to meet my Niece and of course we never had a family photo including both my Dad and my Niece. I had an idea of creating a photo that included all of us. I searched through photos from when my Dad was alive. I was looking for one that was as recent as possible and that had him in a pose that would be appropriate to incorporate into the family photo.
It was important to visualize and plan out the shot so that it would look like my Dad fit into it naturally. I found a photo in which he was standing. That determined that the rest of the family would be standing. I wanted it to look like he (or his ghost) was with us but was participating from a distance. Behind the fence seemed appropriate.
It was then a matter of compositing my Dad into the shot.
I think it is a great way for families to keep lost loved ones with them.
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