I have such a hard time taking a decent picture of Kayla lately; seriously! I have to snap what seems like 50 pictures just to get one or two that look nice. She has some aversion to looking at me/the camera and will keep her eyes down or to the side. Anywhere but where I want them to be! So I wasn't sure how this photo shoot was going to turn out.
The other thing I was worried about was Kayla's right eye. A few days before the trip Kayla had a cold, by the time we arrived in Chicago I think she had a sinus infection. It was bad. Her eye was constantly watering, she was rubbing it and there was a streak of redness from her eye down to her cheek. By Thur night her eye was a bit swollen. Lovely, just what we needed for a photo shoot for "Most Beautiful Eyes!" By late Friday afternoon it was starting to get a little better, but in some of these photos I can still tell her right eye was a little puffy; I'm just glad the photo shoot wasn't Thur night!
To say I was pleased is an understatement! The ladies were just awesome with the kids and I love how these photos came out! One lady (referring to herself as the child wrangler) did such a great job of keeping Kayla sitting still, focused, relaxed, and happy - which made for some natural smiling/laughing photos.
If we lived closer to NYC I would consider using these photos to put together a portfolio (hello, ToysRUs!)
We went to a children's museum earlier that day and forgot about the stamp on the front of her hand!
I think Lucas was looking quite dashing himself - little Mr GQ!
Prevent Blindness America used one of the photos for their donation page.
14 comments:
Great pics!! My almost 9 year old is the exact same way! He was my biggest issue when I was taking pics for our Christmas card. You would have thought my 9 month old would cause the issues...nope...it was my oldest.
Fantastic pics!!! Samantha does the same thing, looking away from the camera or looking down, all the while saying "Cheeeeeese!" and smiling. Ugh, drives me craaaaazy! I do wonder why...maybe part of the chromosome dictates a camera aversion. LOL
These pictures make me smile! Love them!
I love them! especially the third one
Beautiful, just beautiful !
the professional photographer sure knows her stuff!! love all the pics !!! WOW love memaw. sometimes kids do better with someone else taking their picture besides "just Mom" :) altho I do like the wed pic,you just posted
She is so beautiful! And your little guy is very handsome too.
How wonderful... They are both growing up way. to. fast.! Precious angels!
Hey Michelle, I am highlighting your blog tomorrow on my blog! Hugs!
My Grandchildren are absolutely beautiful!!
Oh my goodness! Those pictures are so adorable! What life in those faces!
Beautiful kids!!
Beautiful! Personally, I think that the stamp on her hand is funny. It's one of those things that happens when you are cruising with kids.
Lucas? What a little man!
Such beautiful pictures of your gorgeous kids!
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