Ready for the Christmas Photography season? Parties, light displays, family traditions and the ever important Christmas morning is right around the corner.  Many of these photographic opportunities only come once a year. Below are some links to refresh our memories and dust off our holiday photography skills.

Photographing Christmas Lights Redo – this was my list of links from last year specifically for photographing Christmas light displays from Christmas trees to the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Walt Disney World.

Christmas Photography Tips – more tips and ideas on photographing your family during the holiday season.

How to Photograph Christmas Food – tips and tricks to take great photos of the best part of Christmas next to presents…the Food!

How I Photograph Christmas Morning – next to weddings and children, Christmas morning are some of the most important photo ops for families and this photographer wants to show you how he does it.  I looked at my digital photo library and boxes of 4×6 prints and found a large percentage of the photos were taken on Christmas morning.

For those who are looking to up their game this year, here are a couple of links to do so.

Christmas Game Plan (Results) – using off camera flash to take the worry out of Christmas morning exposures from Strobist.com.  I have done this with great results the last couple of years.

Holiday Lights Photo Backdrop Tutorial – see how easy it is to create a holiday backdrop for family portraits using strings of lights.

Good luck this year to all my fellow photographers! Merry Christmas!