Leon S
You make me laugh. When you said this is about the worst picture you have seen. Truth has humor. I was setting by my husband when I read your comment & kept it to myself. I know he would have giggled for hours & embelished the story for each family gathering hereafter. Your humor was funny & I needed it. I seem to learn better from mistakes. Plus you do have good suggestions.
Thanks again. Happy New Year

Apafio
Thank you. I so appreciate your instructive advice. I am realizing how humbling photography can be. I guess I should have put my glasses back on after I focused through the viewfinder on the group. I mistakingly figured the settings for my group would have stayed the same as the couple photo. I used AE on to focus using AF/AE button. I thought back button focus was good to use. I focused on one of the kids. I don't know how the remote effects bbf. The f/3.5 I'm not sure why it stopped up from f/8. The on camera selector info (of the photo) said it was f/5. It sure reminds me to look at the screen another time. I was worried a ISO >1000 would make the picture all grainy. Will using a Tamron 16-300mm lens hurt my camera? I went to a camera store that had a Tamron rep give a 2 hour workshop. A lady advised me that this lens was a perfect walk around-travel lens at quite a bit less money than a Nikkor. I am taking it with me on a vacation soon. I hope I can regain some dignity with some amazing photo's. Yes I am hoping to get a large family group shot again.
Please criticize me all you want. I am eager to learn. I know old dogs can learn new tricks they are just a little more methodically slow. My next investment is getting a D7200 or a 70-200 2.8 lens (occasional soccer & indoor volleyball). Which would you advise is a better move. People photography is my objective. Should I just settle for a point & shoot or enjoy the learning curve of dslr. Can I print the tiff picture on my cheap epson printer or will it only print JPEG?
Thanks again for your instructive advice. Have a Happy New Year.

To Leon S
Thank you for your honest opinion. Dslr so far is not easy. I have several books I read, then when I get the chance to take the photo I am confidently running through my pile of notes thinking I can do this. I refuse to switch to auto & just hope & pray the picture will turn out before the little & the old family members have a melt down. I have a good respect for good photographers. Thanks again.

Thank you, I photoshopped this picture and another better (sort of) photo. I saved them with 2000 pixel width not sure how to give you exif data. All I see is reply, quote reply and report issue for my choices. I use a mac and sent photo's to photoshop & saved them as a tiff file.

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I took the family photo again. Hard getting everyone to stop and pose. I'm so excited & glad to have the opportunity to save a memory and boom. I download my photo's and they are blurry AGAIN.
I took a couple good photo's ahead of time in the same room inside my home keeping most of the same settings, using a tripod and a remote. Nikon d5300, Tamron 16-300mm 3.5-6.3 lens slow sync flash -.3, portrait picture control, VR off. AF-C, f/5, 1/100, ISO 1000, S mode, 18mm, WB auto, adh high, matrix meter, AE On, histogram looked good, ev 0,

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Thank you a gazillion on providing the tweaked exposure triangle. Then displaying several pictures with setting changes in triangle Aperature, Shutter, ISO to get the effect you want in the picture. Thank you for the web sites, your time, knowledge and for sharing. Again, thank you.