I finally got around to trying to get a decent picture to put on our holiday cards this year. (I tend to send New Year's cards, because who has time to get that stuff organized before Christmas? Not I.)
For our first attempt, I still had Sam in his brand new Cars PJs from Grandma and Grandpa.
"Hey, Sam, can you give Rudolph some hugs?" Placed Rudolph by his cheek. Ironically, this awkward shot was the best of this attempt.
"OK, how about a smile? No?"
"OK, we've got the smile, now can you just hold Rudolph still?"
" No?"
"Well, making him smell your feet is probably not what we're going for, here."
...and the escape.
At that point I kind of gave up on having conscious Sam in any picture this year. Since it was handy, I ended up putting him in the same shirt he wore last year. It was hugely oversized on him then, to fit over his casts. Now it just fits and he will probably outgrow it by spring. He went down for a nap on our cute snowflake flannel sheets shortly after Maggie left for the day. I removed the pacifier (don't judge me; I know how old he is) and tried to get as many dried on boogers off his face as I could. Unfortunately Mr. Stuffy Nose is a mouth breather today.
Here I had more technical difficulty with my camera, shooting as quickly and quietly as possible in low light.
OK, flash just made it look creepy.
OK, so we're going to be blurry with no flash. How about trying another setting?
Damn flash! Turn off, you.
Still a bit blurry and dim, but I like the composition better and it's not too awful.
Holy blurry picture, Batman.
Now it looks like Rudolph is attempting to eat something out of Sam's open hand. And I'm too low.
Ugh, so blurry.
This one's not awful either. I just don't see the cuteness in the shot anymore like there was his first Christmas. This one seems bright enough and clear enough to pay to have printed.
Thoughts? Suggestions? I really don't want to skip it this year since we've been doing it every year and it's becoming our one tradition. I think it will be so cute to watch Sam get bigger and bigger and Rudolph get smaller and smaller.
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