I have to say, I'm SO excited about this picture!



I've been encouraged my family to take the kids' birthday pictures instead of bringing them to a portrait place. I was only paying $10 for the sitting fee and one pose selection with several prints of the photos -- so it was really a great deal. Infact, it was/is a better deal than taking them myself and printing them. However, they were starting to recycle poses, because they have to take the pre-set poses and often this specific studio doesn't get any more creative with what they do.

So for Dominic's 3rd birthday, and now Amara's 5th birthday, I went with it. My biggest "problem" is that the kids are so used to me taking pictures all the times, that they really don't cooperate when I tell them to pose. Or they pose THEIR way, which really is not conducive to nice pictures, if you know what I mean.

However, this time it worked! Dominic did something that made Amara laugh, so I was able to capture her real smile instead of a goofy fake smile. There were only 2, maybe 3 photos that I'd consider using, but this one was the hands down winner. So family, this photo will gracing your mailboxes soon (or perhaps Christmas presents.... if I'm that slow to get it out!)