The time has come for an updated family photo. We're super close to getting approved to adopt again, and we need a new photo for our website. After
our last family photo shoot I swore we'd hire a photographer for the next one. I should know myself better than that by now. Sam and I are diy-ers and we both dabble in photography, so we made a few alterations to the method we used last time and decided to give it a shot (no pun intended). We scouted out a location in advance and then dragged my parents along to "assist". We set up all the shots, my mom actually took the pictures, and my dad did whatever was necessary to get Cohen's attention and make him smile. A few minutes into our shoot the wind kicked up, clouds gathered above us in a pre-tornado formation, and it began to pour. Luckily it cleared up for a few minutes before the sun set. We got a few good shots in, but here are some that didn't quite make the cut:
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| "Come on Cohen, stand on this tiny pole, ignore the 100 mph wind, smile like you're having a blast, never mind that funnel cloud forming above us, look at grandpa ..." A bit much to ask of a two-year-old! Really, he was a champ. |
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| I ruined way too many pictures by brushing hair off my face--Sam was about ready to shave my head. |
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| Cohen is dancing--I love this pic, too bad he's out of focus. |
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| How hard would it be to photoshop out the cracker? |
This method worked much better than our last photo shoot, but I am glad it's over!!
Here are our two favorites. Now we just have to decide which on to use.
Thanks for being such good sports Mom and Dad!
