In honor of Greta's 2 month mark and the fact that I had matching Sunday dresses for the girls I decided to do a little photo shoot. All Saturday night I had beautiful visions of the cute pictures we would take. The visions were oh so grand! Then to my pleasant surprise, we made great time on getting ready for 9:00 church and we had 10 minutes to spare. That's enough time for a few photos right? And with their fresh clean looks and happy dispositions good pictures were going to be easy! My grand visions were quickly deflated. . . cooperation wasn't super high, the lighting not the best and Tessa's anxiousness to get to church took its toll. . . every single picture was blurry. 
After church and naps I went for round 2. I knew this session couldn't include Tess because she was so grumpy and I would have to put her hairdo back in; two bad omens. So Greta got the stage to herself. (which was actually my original plan since I try to photograph every month anyway, but then the matching dress dreams took over. . . )
Greta posing solo lasted, oh, maybe a minute when Tess demanded that she be included. And much to my surprise, she was actually a bit cooperative.
So I got the great idea to put her hairdo back in. . . .my grand visions resurfaced. . . should have known better as cooperation lasted 30ish seconds!
A bribe was put on the table: 'I'll play a game with you if you look at the camera and hold Greta' (as an aside, treats rarely work as an incentive for Tess, but tell her you'll play something with her and she's all over it.)
After a few shots I noticed I did a terrible job on her right pigtail. . . oh well, fixing it would cause more issues. . . just had to go with it.
It wasn't long until I was losing Tess again and naturally that was when Greta started grinning.
Just as we were all running out of steam, I pushed my luck one more time. . . I ran to my room to throw on something a bit matchy so I could join them. . . 
Threw in a few more bribes and then it was really time to end.
260 pictures. . . maybe 4 'good' ones. . . . a great story to tell. . . .100% worth it!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday Photoshoot
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6 comments:
Love all the objects in the pictures and thanks for the story.
oh hasnt Greta grown,she looks so adorable! Nice to see that you struggle with that *good* shot too :) Love the last photo, so worth it.You girls look gorgeous.
I didn't think that happened to you! Your photos are always good. I can totally relate and have nothing to show for it!
Adorable pictures! Adorable dresses! Adorable girls! That story sounds so familiar. My kids are so used to posing that our other family members laugh when i say smile(like at the easter egg hunt), my kids freeze and pose.
Who cares about the right ponytail - it's the picture of Tess kissing Greta that I love and it shows only her left ponytail! And the last one with you is awesome as well. Thanks for making the rest of us feel normal!
cute girls!
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