It's Picture Time...Say Cheese!

 

 I can finally say we have some "official" family pictures.  I've been wanting them for a while now, and finally got around to taking them.  It was an interesting experience because I took all the pictures, yes even with me in them.  Last Christmas Zach got me a remote for my camera that lets me set up the shot and then take the picture from anywhere I want.  It's a lot nicer than trying to run back and forth from the camera to get into the shot.  Can I say I LOVE my Nikon! 



My Favorite Shot of Ted!

 

 It was a little tricky trying to get Stetzen to cooperate, though.  He does alright when there's someone behind the camera giving him funny faces and making him smile, but when we're all in front of the camera, it was hard to get him to even look in the right direction.  Finally, I got him to see the red light on my camera when I pushed my clicker and got a couple of him actually looking at the camera.  Needless to say, it only took about 20 tries.

 

 

All in all, I think they turned out pretty good.  The only regret I have okay, the only two regrets, are 1) I wish I would have picked a better coordinating outfit for Stetzen and Zach and 2) I was banking on the fact the leaves had turned in the area I wanted to go.  The leaves had changed around the area so I assumed that farther down the road, by farther I mean a 10-15 minute drive, they would be the same.  I should never assume anything!  I always tend to be wrong when I do.  To comment on the first regret...the groupings worked good between Zach and me and Stetzen and me, but there were too many plaids going on when you put the boys, yes I mean boys, together.  

This is my favorite group shot of us :)

 

By the time I took this shot, Ted was finished taking pictures.  His tolerance of the camera only lasts about 5 minutes, and I think by the time we got to this one, it'd been around 30.  Poor kid, he's always going to be trailed by a camera, lol.

My Favorite Couple Shot!



I'm hoping that one day in the future I'll be confident enough to take pictures professionally.  I like to do it, but I'm absolutely petrified of messing up and not getting the photos people want.  For now my poor family will have to be my test subjects.  As far as Zach goes, he'd rather be trampled by a horse than get his picture taken, but I managed to get him to say yes to this little adventure.  I guess that just shows who runs my household!