How do you make a strong-willed, independent active toddler smile for the camera? In short, you don't. No amount of asking, coaxing, pleading, or silly faces are enough to make this toddler give in and smile. So what is a parent to do? Resign oneself to accepting pleasant looking faces and try to catch a natural smile while playing. We took 97 pictures for Rachel's 2nd birthday photo shoot and got a good amount of decent ones, but only a few in focus ones with a smile. If Rachel is smiling she is usually running, hopping, dancing, twirling, etc. The photos were all taken by Brian (except of course for the one he is in). He is an excellent photographer and very patient. He gave me instructions for no more black and white outfits next year. The two extremes are harder to shoot than colors. Maybe next year I will branch out from black white and red next year; although, I did have every intention of using blue this year. That has been the color scheme of choice for both of Rachel's birthdays.
Now about Rachel's outfit. I bought and made it the day before we took the photos. Had I been paying attention to the calender I would have started sooner because shopping at multiple stores, designing and sewing the applique, and turning a basic white t-shirt into a cute girly shirt is quite the arduous process especially with a toddler in tow. Once again I must mention how awesome Pinterest is for inspiration. Thanks to Pinterest I got the chubby puppy pattern from
nothingbutcountry.com and the t-shirt directions from
blog.birdsparty.com.
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