The holiday season is the perfect time to take family portraits. Be certain to take advantage of family gatherings and capture some group shots. While not everyone likes posing for a large family photo, these portraits are an important means of recording your family history. Family portraits are like savings accounts, it doesn't take a lot of effort and years from now you'll be glad you did it. Here are some helpful hints - listed as do's and dont's. Do's - Find the right set

Taking a decent portrait is extremely difficult with a point and shoot camera due to the limitations of the camera's aperture. Not only do DSLR cameras have a better aperture range than the typical point-and-shoot cameras, DSLRs support the use of multiple types of lenses (e.g., zoom, wide angle, low aperture). For an indoor portrait I like using a lens with a large aperture. In the most basic terms aperture is the size of the hole in the lens that allows light to hit the len