Family Photo Outtakes

Ever since we completed our family with Max, I have had a dream of capturing the perfect family photo.  What I should do is just hire a real photographer to do this.  It would certainly be easier, but for some reason I've decided to make it harder than it needs to be.  I think to myself, I've got this fancy camera, I've been successful at taking photos of the boys myself for the last two years, I can do this!  It'll be EASY!

HA!

I dressed my whole family up in matchy matchy outfits over the weekend and we proceeded to drive around to find the perfect place to capture the joy and happiness that is our little family.  John didn't want to drive down to Thanksgiving Point Gardens, which was my first choice.  He didn't even want to drive to Draper Park, which was my second choice.  John insisted on just driving aimlessly around until we found a suitable spot for our pictures. 

I was worried because I felt it was a mini miracle that I got us dressed and in the car while still clean.  All of us with protective sweatshirts zipped all the way up to our chins to protect the white shirts.  I figured extra time in the car looking for a good location would be extra time for the boys to get dirty.  But I'm glad we did it this way because John was able to find us two locations that were perfect, much better than the manicured gardens and park would have been. 

Next challenge, get everyone looking at the camera!

 

K, we're all looking in the right direction, lets try smiling and keeping our hands to ourselves!

 

Maybe we should work on getting EVERYONE in the picture

 

Our second location was actually a construction site that had this perfect rock and old tree for a backdrop.  We had a little trouble getting everyone focused again on the task at hand

 

The kids needed some assistance as to where to look since there was no one to smile at behind the camera (it was on a tripod and I was using the remote shutter)

 

I'm really not sure what was going on here.

 

We did finally get some acceptable shots which you can see at Flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmelee/3432276097/

Comments

[Scott and Sara]

I love these pictures. I love the coordination of the clothing! Good job!!! And they look clean ; )

[Grandma Jen]

I love how you torture yourself and had everyone in white. But everyone looks PERFECT! I love them all. You did a great job and should always be proud of your photography skills!
I am also amazed John is actually game to go out and do pics. You should be proud just for that alone besides the fact that you got SEVERAL great shots.