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I fear the days of capturing great happy photos of my toddler son are over. This is the best of what I got from a little puzzle/playtime photo shoot a few days ago. I feel like these images make it look like I was torturing him, but I swear I was just taking a few photos and asking him to “say cheese” like all other moms do. I’m happy I captured these though. I feel like he looks like such a big boy now.
After a rough start, I decided to focus on the details-his little hands, feet and the puzzle.
We have a family photo session at our home in late June with Melissa Oholendt, so it will be interesting to see if he is fine with her taking photos. I think he will be. It’s just me he’s not a fan of when it comes to photography. He was totally happy looking at the camera on his birthday.
Do your kids despise the camera as much as B does?
I feel you! It comes and goes, usually. Some kids do NOT have a fake smile, so if they aren’t doing something that makes them LAUGH, they just look tortured. (Quinn is that way.) I love that you got pictures of B putting together a puzzle… some of my favorite pictures of my kids are of them painting or tearing up leaves or building with blocks. If they’r sidetracked from what *I* am doing with the camera, I can get “cleaner” shots of their faces and their hands, haha.
That makes me feel a bit better, Megan! Up until two months ago, I could always get him to look at me, maybe not smile, but at least look semi-happy. Now he literally tells me not to take pictures and not to use my camera. Funny. Kind of!
G went through a phase of not wanting his photo taken, but he’s better now! I remember MB talking about David not liking it, either. I love the top, middle photo of Bodhi (in the group of six)- awesome expression on his face! It’ll pass. And then you’ll have photographic evidence of this little phase that you can laugh about when he’s older. =)
So glad to hear he’s better. I appreciate that! G is super good now, if I remember correctly! Ha! Yes, totally ok with this shoot since it was just random and I caught all kinds of attitude. Ha!
Oh I feel your pain!! The “shoot” I did of Genevieve at 2 was the WORST of them all! It was the first time that she wasn’t just distracted but willfully trying to thwart my attempt at capturing her! I think 1/2 were of her walking away and the other 1/2 were of her giving me attitude (which I didn’t even know two year olds were capable of, at that time!). But I have to say even though I was frustrated at the time when I look back on them I smile because it really did capture who she was and the phase she was in at that moment in time!
And I could never picture Genevieve doing that since she’s always smiley in your photos lately. SOOOO good to know she went through it too. I was just glad I didn’t attempt to dress him up. This was a random “I should take photos of B just playing today” kind of session. So funny! At one point he started crying, so I stopped. I swear I stopped. OK, maybe I took one more photo and then stopped.
Ha! Of course you took one more!! And yeah that shoot I mentioned I went to a different location, dressed her up, brought props, and even lugged a special chair up a hill!. Big mistake!
Ps- he’s SUCH a big boy and so adorable! Love it!
Thank you Tiffany! It goes so fast, right?
These pics of B reminds me of Patrick <3! Especially the one in the upper right!!
You know what, Jennifer, I thought the same thing when I was in Benson a couple of weeks ago looking at photos of toddler-age Pat on Jen’s fridge. Very similar faces, eyes and expressions.