The making of: Family "Beatles" portraits

There was a Richard Avedon exhibit at the SF MOMA last year (outstanding, of course) and I saw this there:Leading up to Christmas, as we discussed the family photos we hoped to take, the idea of recreating some famous photographs came up. Everyone was in for this one and I knew it would be simple to do, so yay. The hardest part was getting everyone to have a nice-looking black shirt--who knew my dad not only didn't own anything black (or even of a sufficiently dark color that it could appear as black when converted), but semi-refused to invest in any such thing? The Powers Of Mom convinced him. Then it was just a matter of copying the lighting and getting a straight-on shot from everyone with the proper nose shadows.There are a couple there that aren't straight on because the angled shots captured the people so much better. And, I could go in and photoshop the background a bit--we didn't have paper so I hung a white sheet (slightly wrinkled...whoops) and tried to throw it out of focus a little--but I think the effect overall is as desired, and I'd rather spend my time editing some other photos (upcoming!).