I was afraid of that. The dad usually does take the pix. He showed in the family videos at least once that he didn't like having his own picture taken.
He didn't seem to mind if he was performing, but not just informal home shots taken by a friend.
I'm not too concerned either way with the Christmas 1996 photos - it would've been a long shot if they *did* luck out and have some with him in them. Also good is that the stair-step children's photos will show their ages.
Pictures: Now show me 1993, 1994, 1995, ....1997, 1998 and 1999. Is John in any of those?? Are they dated because very few cameras had dates at that time.