{"id":6965,"date":"2014-02-12T19:24:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T19:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realphotography.com\/?p=6965"},"modified":"2014-02-12T19:24:22","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T19:24:22","slug":"best-of-2013-weddings-family-formals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/best-of-2013-weddings-family-formals\/","title":{"rendered":"best of 2013 | weddings | family formals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Okay, okay, I know&#8211;family formals at weddings are an unlikely category to find in our &#8220;<a title=\"best wedding photos 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/category\/wedding-photographer-colorado-springs\/best-of-2013\/\">best wedding photos of 2013<\/a>&#8221; series. In our seven years of shooting over 150 weddings, I can count on one hand the number of couples that have listed family formals as something they were looking forward to having from the wedding. But we have also noticed that of all the pictures we take, the family formals are the ones most often printed and mounted on walls. So nailing those shots is important to us, and if we can capture the family&#8217;s dynamic in that photo?\u00a0 Even better!\u00a0 Here are some of the family formals that made me smile this year:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/best-of-2013-weddings-family-formals\/best_wedding_family_poses\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6968\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6968\" alt=\"best_wedding_family_poses\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_poses.jpg\" width=\"547\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_poses.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_poses-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_poses-52x77.jpg 52w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_poses-147x215.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a title=\"Breckenridge Blue Sky Wedding Photographer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/blue-sky-breckenridge-wedding-emily-and-alex\/\" target=\"_blank\">Breckenridge Blue Sky Wedding<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/best-of-2013-weddings-family-formals\/best_wedding_formals\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6969\" alt=\"best_wedding_formals\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_formals.jpg\" width=\"798\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_formals.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_formals-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_formals-112x77.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_formals-295x202.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a title=\"US Air Force Academy Chapel Wedding\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/air-force-academy-chapel-wedding-photographers\/\" target=\"_blank\">USAFA Chapel Wedding<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/best-of-2013-weddings-family-formals\/best_wedding_photos_shove_chapel\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6966\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6966\" alt=\"best wedding photos shove chapel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos_shove_chapel.jpg\" width=\"798\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos_shove_chapel.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos_shove_chapel-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos_shove_chapel-101x77.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos_shove_chapel-283x215.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a title=\"Shove Chapel Wedding Photographer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/shove-chapel-and-phantom-canyon-brewery-wedding-colorado-springs-photographer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shove Chapel Wedding<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/best-of-2013-weddings-family-formals\/best_wedding_photos\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6970\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6970\" alt=\"best_wedding_photos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos.jpg\" width=\"547\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos-52x77.jpg 52w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_photos-147x215.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a title=\"Mt Vernon Country Club Wedding\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/mount-vernon-country-club-wedding-photographers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mount Vernon Country Club Wedding<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/best-of-2013-weddings-family-formals\/best_wedding_family_photos\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6967\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6967\" alt=\"best_wedding_family_photos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_photos.jpg\" width=\"798\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_photos.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_photos-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_photos-112x77.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/best_wedding_family_photos-295x202.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Garden of the Gods Club Wedding Photographer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.needlesandapen.com\/photography\/garden-of-the-gods-club-wedding-colorado-springs-photographer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Garden of the Gods Club Wedding<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, okay, I know&#8211;family formals at weddings are an unlikely category to find in our 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