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After hours of planning and shopping, days of cooking and baking, your family table is ready for the big feast. Time-honored recipes will be savored and new tastes explored. A mixture of stories, laughter and even a few tears will season the meal. Some chairs will be empty and new additions celebrated. Whether it’s an expensive digital camera, a simple point-and-shoot or iPhone in your hand, why not curate the beauty, the warmth, the intimacy of the moment? Looking back, I wish I’d captured more images of my dad drenching steaming mashed potatoes in turkey gravy, of my sister slicing her artfully crafted pecan pies, of my young daughters eyeing the mile-high plate of homemade cookies with ardent hope. I wish I’d captured my mom’s hands as they kneaded  dough, my brother-in-law’s shoulders as he hunched over the fridge door looking for one more bite of cold turkey. I wish I’d photographed the warmth of candles, the sparkle of crystal, the gleam of mom’s “good china” alongside my...