In this modern age of mobile and extended families, gathering all the members of your family into one place at one time is very difficult, and sometimes impossible. There is a way, though, to capture a happy family portrait that will last forever. A portrait painting from Paint Your Life makes this possible.

Give us the task of bringing your family together for a family portrait. Nobody has to interrupt their busy schedules to pose for hours. Just take some quick photos at your next family gathering and send them to us.

Send one or more of your best photographs of your family. Upload them and we will immediately start work on your family portrait. If necessary, we'll create a composite photo first for your approval to be sure we have the most attractive pose of each family member all in one group photo.

Then we work with our staff of consummate artists, masters of realistic, life-like painting, who will hand paint the family portrait. When the painting is complete it will be uploaded for you and your entire family to view. You can suggest changes until you are completely satisfied; only then will we ship the painting to you.

Photographing a group can be challenging as you have several figures on which to focus. Choose a simple background (often it's a good idea is to blur the background) and focus on the eyes. Natural lighting usually gives the best results. And finally, the most important tip for shooting a brilliant family photograph - shoot as many photographs as possible. It will be easier to choose one, two or three good photographs from a collection of many.