A picture is worth a thousand words right? Or so they say. I have been trying for a week now to capture one good picture in front of our Christmas tree of LB for Christmas cards, because now that I have 50 free cards I mustn't let them go to waste. Not one is Christmas card worthy yet. I have taken well over 300 pictures. I refuse to cave in and pay someone to take a picture for me but if I fail again this weekend I may have to swallow my pride and cough over the dough. Just so you guys can see what I have been working on here is a sampling of the best ones.
This one is my favorite but his hair puff is missing ;)
This one might just have to go inside the card cause his face is too priceless
So what do you all think? Try again or just pay someone quickly and get them mailed out relatively on time? Or any of you awesome photographers out there have some pointers for me to get him to smile without having to wiggle around at him and make the camera blurry.
Try again. But I love that last one.. you could definitely use that one and it would be ADORABLE! Can't wait to see you this month! woohoo!
ReplyDeleteps... how tacky is it to hand deliver xmas cards... on xmas eve..? lol. that might be what i end up doing.
what a cutie! i totally think you can get a worthwhile shot without having to pay someone- the one on top is my fave!
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are great! You could have W help you and stand behind you to entertain.
ReplyDeleteHey, how long did it take once you blogged about the shutterfly give-a-way and submitted it to get the code for free cards?
I agree...those are such cute pictures!
ReplyDeleteI think they are adorable, use them!!. I am sure it captures his personality perfectly. Plus, I have come to learn w/ pictures best to realize that w/ kids there is no good one, embrace the stage. :) Save the money for good 1 year photos!!
ReplyDeleteKelley! Do you have a tripod? If you do or can borrow one from someone, that will help. OR you can improvise like I used to and stack up stuff. Then do the self timer. Some cameras have a setting that takes successive photos so you can wiggle and dance and make him giggle and the camera will take multiple photos. Also, try positioning him to where the light from the window is coming in towards his face. just some ideas! Otherwise, yes, super cute pics of super cute LB!
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