Say Cheese!

Hi guys!

I love pictures. It’s just a fact. 

Which is weird, because I also hate pictures. Also fact. 

How you say?

Let me explain. 

I love milestone pictures. Engagement, maternity, newborn. I gobble those up, and love finding time to have our own done. 

But I detest those pictures that happen at family reunions when six different people line your family up and all take pictures at the same time. Then we get these “cute” pictures where each member of the family is looking a different direction because everyone was saying “look over here! Smile.” It’s a mess. 

PSA: If you’re at an event and see a professional photographer taking pictures, back away. Do not jump in there with your phone and say “here, let me grab one too.” You want a picture? Wait until the photographer is done. Better yet, wait for them to make the images available later and download your own. I can’t tell you how many wedding pictures I have where half the wedding party is looking somewhere other than the photographer because of people snapping their own pics. Just don’t do it. 

Anyway. End rant. 

This past Saturday was 70°. It was beautiful out. So we arranged to have family/maternity pictures taken Sunday evening. 

Cue the 30° weather. 

I’m pretty sure my whole family was mad at me. No, you cannot wear big winter coats for family pictures. Layer up underneath your nice clothes and smile. 

It’s becoming a family tradition that someone goes without sleep right before picture day. For our engagement pictures, Jarod accidentally locked himself out of his house and ended up sleeping in the barn. This time, Henry was up all night with growing pains. So we were sort of zombies, and Henry wasn’t very smiley. 

However, the photographer was awesome and captured great shots despite the cold grouches before her. 

Here’s a couple of the preview pictures she uploaded last night. 

I just love them so much, and I can’t wait to see the rest. 

Phot credit goes to Morgan Curlo of 56 County Line Photography. 

What about you? Do you love taking pictures? Do you find yourself reaching for a camera to document every major moment in your life? Or are you more of a Sherlock Holmes?