Complimentary Portraits
Step 1
Spend a moment reflecting on these questions.


Step 2
These photos are from a high schooler’s social experiment capturing classmates' reactions tobeing called beautiful. You can watch the full video using the link below, but there is a language warning@1:40-2:05 and 2:39-2:41
The same student did a powerful follow-up video complimenting strangers in New York City
Step 3
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Materials
Gather your materials and get ready to get creative.
Step 4
Camera (a cellphone camera is perfectly fine!)
Family member(s)
Pencil
Paper
Step 6
Check out these examples, just click on each one to see what the prompt was!
Step 7
Did you learn anything about your family? Could you see how compliments and encouragement affected your family? If you did prompt two, do you see yourself any differently? Share your work with us!
Use the hashtag #catchingsummermemories to share on social media.
OR
Upload to our google drive folder with your description and we'll include it on our website!! Just click the icon below to get started!