Who wants to have ✨MORE FUN✨ with photos this summer? Awesome. This listen is for YOU! I have FIVE ideas to share. Let’s go! Create a Re-TakeThis is my number ONE idea because it is EASY and can be entirely hilarious. Your kids or friends and family members are almost always “game” because it feels like a game. Start by looking back through older summer photos—your favorites—and find one or two or ten that you could “re-take” this year. Then when the time or location presents itself see how close you can get to recreating what once was! The photo here is a 2016 re-take that celebrates a much earlier version taken in 1994. I’ll scan and add that original when I find it! Click to enlarge Dear Photograph This idea is to return a photo to its original setting and take another photo. The original photo here was taken on the 4th of July in 2007 at my parent’s home and then just before they moved in 2016, I printed that photo, took it with us and on the 4th of July lifted it up in that original setting and took another picture—this concept, website and book are the brain child of Taylor Jones. You can buy the book HERE. Click to enlarge Make it MonochromaticHere’s the gist: Let everyone know what COLOR you’ll be wearing and then add in props that match! We did this last summer in my FIVE happiest colors of Red, Turquoise, Yellow, Orange and Green and it was oh so silly and exactly what we needed.  🌈 THIS all started when my friend, Heather sent me an Instagram DM on May 1st, 2020. What she shared changed our summer. Learn more about family documentary photographer Rowena Meadows by clicking on her name. Click to enlarge The Flat Stanley Project, developed by Dale Hubert connects kids to new locations and new people. Why not borrow this idea and use it when you travel. Bring along someone you LOVE! Bring Someone—or something—with YOU!In Flat Stanley fashion, enlarge someone’s face—maybe a family member or even a funny photo of a famous person—attach this photo to a paint stick and take them with you. Whenever you are and whatever you are doing, when it’s time for the group photo, pull out your flat friend and make them a part of the experience. You could also select an easy prop like cheap sunglasses, colorful hats or a sign or some kind to add to your celebrations—to mark them as part of your summer adventures. My family