My best friend Kristi sent Dean a hat for his birthday and today I FINALLY got around to taking some pictures of him in it. When I think about doing a photoshoot of Dean sometimes I cringe inside a little because he is kind of a pain to photograph. He doesn't sit still, he has to be bribed, and he is rarely looking at the camera AND smiling. For example, we went and had our family pictures done by
Emily Hartvigsen in November and out of like 200 pictures, Dean was smiling in 2. Finally I just picked a family photo where I looked fabulous (ie unfat) and Dean wasn't smiling. Too bad for him.
Anyhoo...here's some photos of Dean in his darling monkey hat. Hooray for smiling! The photoshoot lasted approximately 7 minutes and involved lots of puffs, marshmallows, re-sitting Dean in the middle of my sheet, and putting the hat back on after Dean ripped it off. Dean decided when we were done with the shoot. I think when you photograph kids, there is a certain element of luck involved. The skill comes from being ready when the shot does come around.
