Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Anatomy of Getting a Good Easter Picture

Convince the older one to sit in desired photo location.  Also try to convince her to take off random Mardi Gras beads.  OK fine, pick your battles.

Add younger one.  Explain that we're going to try to get a nice picutre of both of you.  Together.  Smiling.  Ignore confused look on faces.

Convince them to focus....at the same time.

...while at the same time convincing them this isn't so bad.  It's fun!  Smile!

Propose activity to make it fun...like, pinching or grabbing....

...or taunting and yelling...

OK for real.  Let's get serious.  Say cheese, children who can talk....

"PANTS!!!" the eldest screams.  Whatever....we've got both subjects looking at the camera.  Progress.

Not too shabby.  We'll take it!

Hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!  :)
-Emily :)

6 comments:

Aunt MariAnn said...

Fabulous! It can be a challenge.. but honestly, some of my favorite pictures of the boys are of the ones that didn't quite "turn out" :) These are so fun and the kids are adorable!

Anonymous said...

That first picture has me laughing out loud! Helena is trying so hard to frown.... Hilarious!

Ashford

Tish said...

i want to kidnap your children. do not report me for writing this.

Anonymous said...

Reminds me of trying to get a good picture of all the grandkids together! Mema

Ash and Maggie said...

A pair of Easter blessings.

Thanks for capturing the moment better than a pro ... I'm think'n we'll put together one of those picture books where you can flip the pages ..like a movie.

kjl said...

These are fabulous!! They are both so big...can't believe how much they've changed in just a few months!