when models go crazy

The girls are great sports about having their photos taken nearly everyday (or every other day). I try to be speedy and keep the inconvenience down to a minimum so that it's a generally enjoyable experience for all involved. However, sometimes my sweet models decide that they'd like to take the silly route. So we roll with the punches and crazy faces.

This one was my personal favorite.

“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.” 
–G.K. Chesterton
On Running After Ones Hat, All Things Considered, 1908

facing life

One day at a time, we're already 38 days into the new year. We had a few laughs taking today's photos. Emma got the giggles part way through after I made a couple of sassy comments. That's when she pulled out her infamous sassy face (the second photo) and the silly faces that followed. I needed a good laugh and some smiles today. She makes me thankful to be a mom everyday, and helps me to face life with a smile.

a face we see all the time

“IF Americans can be divorced for 'incompatibility of temper' I cannot conceive why they are not all divorced. I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.”

~G.K. Chesterton (What’s Wrong With the World)

mirror, mirror

mirror, mirror

mirror, mirror on the wall... who is the silliest of them all? it's really hard to say who is the goofiest of the two of us. man-o-man, looking at these pictures, we really do look a lot alike! we hung up the big black blanket in the kitchen and went to town with some silliness!




i did some more messing around with my speed light (nikon sb600) today. the girls got tired of posing for me (barbies were more exciting, i guess) so i was left with the only person who wasn't whining about sitting still for pictures... me. so i tried my hand at back lighting. this was the only one where the flash was actually behind me and not coming out of my armpit. lol. baby steps into the whole world of lighting. next time i'll have to find a less wanna-be subject. :D