So as not to mislead you into thinking that my children are in fact perfect in every way and sit, smile and are even remotely still on command I give you the out takes.
I call this the "I think I'm gonna sneeze" shot.
"What is that in your hand?" shot.
"Who invited him*?" shot.
"Mom, I have a hair on my tongue" shot.
"Mom might be missing an eye, but at least I'm cute" shot.
"Not him again?" shot.
"Man are we cute but I should really be wearing makeup" shot.So in order to gain Madeline's compliance on this entire ordeal, I told her that if I could take pictures of her for 5 minutes she could direct me for five minutes.
This is her artistic vision of a valentines day photo shoot.
The girl is an artistic visionary. Santa and play toast on a plate. She is going to make tens. I'm sure of it.Then we played with the camera's timer and I handed her my remote shutter**. You can see it in some of the photos below. This activity was wildly popular and I am a bit disappointed that I didn't think of this earlier in the winter. She was highly entertained and I found the photos highly entertaining. Win-Win.
That second to last one cracks me up every time._________
*Meet Mr. M. He comes to play with us on Monday's so you might see him around the bligity-blog from time to time.
**It is simply a remote that operates the camera's shutter so you can move freely with a fixed camera. (It is also how I took the family photos from this post.)
Love it. Although sadly, your "out takes" are still better than most of my "good enough" pictures. Further proof that you are awesome.
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