The real words say, "when all the world is green." But you know me, I always sing the wrong words to the wrong tune! And living here in the northwest summer means blue skies (well, most days?! It's pouring rain out this week).
I love this photo of Awsumb I recently had taken at a cheap portrait studio in the mall. This is exactly how you will find him around the house, and I will always remember him like this. When he is all grown up I will still put this picture up in the summer time. And yes, that is a real book that he owns and is reading this summer. (The Little Indian in the Cupboard)
A friend of mine recently noticed I often have photos taken of Awsumb with his toys or belongings. I started doing this after one of the first times I had taken Awsumb into some cheap portrait studio for baby pictures. The photographer handed him a dusty teddy bear to hold in the picture. Yuck!
Around the same time I had read a how to book on photography. The author suggested taking portraits of your child with prized possessions such as instruments, etc. At 6 months Awsumb was not yet an accomplished violin or trumpet player, but he did have a growing collection of stuffed animals and later small toys were his prized possessions.
So that's my parenting tip of the day. Next time you go into a studio for pictures grab something to take you with. Like most portraits I have done this was a last minute grab and captured a moment in time that I will always treasure.
What pictures of your children do you treasure?
3 comments:
What a great Idea! Love the picture of cute Awsumb!
we do that too. :) Brennan recently had his picture taken holding a rock climbing rope and wearing his shoes and harness. When Dallin was a baby, we had picture taken with his favorite stuffed animals. He still has those same animals today. Those are two of my favorites.
A friend of mine has a little boy who went through that "Thomas the Train" stage. She had his pictures done with overalls and he is clutching one of his little wooden trains - priceless!
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