I tried very hard to get a good picture of the two together and failed miserably. I started thinking it was because I'm their mom and no kids sit still and smile for their mom. . . right? Well, I took them to a studio. . . . yes I know that's not like me, but I was desperate and I had a coupon. So I thought the worst that would happen would be I'd be out 8 bucks. Jack and Elaina were in a great mood and they got us right in. Well, their was this awesome photographer "in action" when we walked in. She was so sweet and child friendly. She went a little overboard with all the sounds and cheesy motions but hey. . . it got the kids that she was photographing smiling. I thought this was going to be great, but of course she told the other lady that was working she needed a break when it was our turn. So we got the grumpy, not friendly, in a hurry lady, and the second Jack saw she needed his attention he flipped out! I mean. . . it was like he saw a scary monster or something. The lady was cute just not the kid friendly type. It took Jack 15 minutes to warm up and trust her and by then Elaina was acting wild and crazy. She wouldn't sit still or do anything the lady asked. And to top it off the photographer kept saying, "you need to stop and listen." It was just weird hearing a photographer try and get a kid to smile by telling them they weren't listening. I thought at that point Elaina would start crying or act shy, but no she continued on her crazy streak. J.J and I were both so frustrated and ready to pull our hair out by the end. After 42 pictures only 4 turned out cute. I wanted them black and white and they told me the coupon didn't work for black and white. Are you Kidding me!? Please remind me to never go to a studio again. I'm starting to think it might be worth paying the $150 for one of the on location photographers to take their pictures. . . Ne. . . I'm not that desperate yet, but if anyone knows someone that does that for a great price let me know.
I tried very hard to get a good picture of the two together and failed miserably. I started thinking it was because I'm their mom and no kids sit still and smile for their mom. . . right? Well, I took them to a studio. . . . yes I know that's not like me, but I was desperate and I had a coupon. So I thought the worst that would happen would be I'd be out 8 bucks. Jack and Elaina were in a great mood and they got us right in. Well, their was this awesome photographer "in action" when we walked in. She was so sweet and child friendly. She went a little overboard with all the sounds and cheesy motions but hey. . . it got the kids that she was photographing smiling. I thought this was going to be great, but of course she told the other lady that was working she needed a break when it was our turn. So we got the grumpy, not friendly, in a hurry lady, and the second Jack saw she needed his attention he flipped out! I mean. . . it was like he saw a scary monster or something. The lady was cute just not the kid friendly type. It took Jack 15 minutes to warm up and trust her and by then Elaina was acting wild and crazy. She wouldn't sit still or do anything the lady asked. And to top it off the photographer kept saying, "you need to stop and listen." It was just weird hearing a photographer try and get a kid to smile by telling them they weren't listening. I thought at that point Elaina would start crying or act shy, but no she continued on her crazy streak. J.J and I were both so frustrated and ready to pull our hair out by the end. After 42 pictures only 4 turned out cute. I wanted them black and white and they told me the coupon didn't work for black and white. Are you Kidding me!? Please remind me to never go to a studio again. I'm starting to think it might be worth paying the $150 for one of the on location photographers to take their pictures. . . Ne. . . I'm not that desperate yet, but if anyone knows someone that does that for a great price let me know.
