Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Baileigh's Christmas picture...Classic or FAIL?

So...real quick, before I move on to the next session, I have to share this picture I took of Baileigh while we were in Oxford. Last year, when I came to Mississippi to take my brother and sister in law's engagement pictures, we found this old field with an old chimney that looked like it could crumble with one strong wind gust. I couldn't get this place out of my head this year when I came back, because I KNEW that this would be the PERFECT place to take Baileigh's Christmas picture.

I had her outfit ready, we had little Christmas cards made and had spray painted clothes pins gold so that they would look awesome when we clipped them to the twine that was strung from one part of the chimney to a tree branch that had grown in front of part of the chimney. It was PERFECT in my head. 

I didn't take into account that she would fall asleep on the short 10-15 minute drive out there and would NOT hear of waking up to take a picture...just ONE...for mommy!
If you could have seen us all (behind the scenes) trying to talk to her, coax her, flat out plop her in the place where I wanted to stand, you'd definitely be laughing your heads off. I managed to get one shot of her face...but the look is priceless.

At the time, I was sooo mad! I came back to the house, looked through the...maybe 6...pictures I had taken in the 30+ minutes we were out there (I would have stayed longer, but the sun was almost down by the time I gave up). For those of you who know me, only having 6 shots in 30 minutes is completely unheard of.
But, I found this one picture...which has continued to grow on me, because it was truly a moment that doesn't happen often, but when it does, LOOK OUT!

I put this picture on my FB wall and commented that maybe she should be added to the naughty list after this session, but I was overwhelmed with how many people loved this picture!

 So...here it is...you decide: Naughty or Nice? =)


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