Location Advice for Photography Poses

Taking indoor family photography, is very different than outdoor family photograph (duh!).
For INDOOR pictures...
1) Wide Angle You will tend to use the wide angle more often than your telephoto setting. Pay particular attention to your "end people" (those farthest to the right and the left in your viewfinder), and verify there is enough space in the picture, so that if cropping is required, the end people don't have to lose a limb.
2) The Flash Flash considerations are critical. Do not be outside your "flash range." For example, if at ISO 100, your flash can properly illuminate 12 feet, don't attempt any photography pose that requires anyone to stand at 14 feet (unless, of course, it's evil cousin Ira who you want to appear in darkness).
3) Plan "B" If you need to be further away than your on-camera flash allows, here are 3 things you can try...    1. Consider purchasing an external flash unit for your camera.    2. Increase the ISO setting (but not so much as to produce "noise")    3. Physically move to a significantly brighter location.
4) Watch Your Background If there are distracting (or competing) features, change the background. The best photography pose in the world won't look right with a distracting background. And finally...
5) Mirror, Mirror, on The Wall If there are mirrors or reflective surfaces in the background and you can't find a different location, only take the picture in such a way that the flash is not perpendicular to the surface, but at an angle (unless you want a nice photo of your flash).