Photo Failure

** No babies were harmed in the making of this post

As a DSLR owner I couldn’t wait to have Carter to take endless pictures.. I wanted to have cute poses and have people stare in awe at MY artwork MY pictures and MY baby. I remember being really out of it ( I was on a large dose high blood pressure meds that made me super foggy ) about a week after he was born but thinking I needed to try and get that amazing set of new born pictures. I hobbled down the hallway to our linen closet and got an off white sheet and hobbled back to the living room where I draped our couch with my “backdrop”. I grabbed some neat looking books and stacked them perfectly so that I could rest Carter on them.   I then wrapped Carter in a scarf. At this point my husband was looking at me like a was a nut case. I took the baby and placed him gently on the pile of books, before I let go I realized it wasn’t going to work... I kept trying to steady him and he kept flopping, and then screaming. I was very surprised... people get amazing shots of infants all the time ...surely I was talented enough to pull it off... After a few minutes of trying I was pooped ( again I mention meds) and discouraged. Apparently its harder than it looks to get those adorable newborn shots... So to anyone who is going to try .. newborns are floppy and don’t look at the camera and no matter how cute your baby is they will NOT look cute in the pictures you try and take. At least thats how it went for me... I got one ok shot just one... Here are a few of my flops..

And actually I have two OK ones that of course my husband was able to get him to calm down ( maybe because he didn't set him on books).. 

Notice there aren't any books... yeah they weren't working.. oh well.. That's all I have to say.

Until next time..