On this beautiful & brisk fall morning, we ventured out with the Keys for our annual fall photo shoot. Well, almost annual with the exception of last year. Our fall photo shoots almost always correspond with Halloween & pumpkin patch season. Last year, we were busy getting ready for and going on our cruise in October, so we had planned to do our annual shoot in November. By the time November rolled around, I was pregnant and feeling crappy. So, we missed last year’s shoot. Bummer … But, I digress.
This was our first outdoor photo shoot with Logan, and, as with everything else, having him in the mix is a whole new world. The timing had to be just right - after bottle but before nap which is a pretty narrow window of opportunity when he’s in just the right mood. Ultimately, we decided to do it after his first bottle. So, Angie & Jim came over just after 8:00am. We couldn’t go too far away from the house because travel time would eat into that window. In the past, we’ve gone to places like the Celina Pumpkin Patch & the Dallas Arboretum. This fall, we opted to revisit our spring photo shoot location which was in this awesome green space behind my office in Adriatica (McKinney). We had to be snappy about the whole thing. On our photo outings, we’ve typically hung out for as long as we felt like shooting. Okay, truth be told, Angie and I would take photos until the guys decide they’ve had enough of being told what to do and having to smile nonstop about it. So, the guys probably weren’t disappointed to have a limited duration to the shoot. :-)
Putting all of that together, we pulled off a pretty great shoot! Angie’s amazing with her camera and is a whiz at the post processing. She’s already worked magic on several of the best photos:
Huge thanks to both Angie & Jim for their time and patience. It’s awesome to start incorporating Logan into our family traditions and these annual photo shoots (fall & spring) have always been important to us, and they are even more important now that the little man is here.
One last note - apparently the whole thing wore both Logan and me out. We ended up taking an almost 2 hour nap on the couch together. This is the first time that he’s slept any length of time with either one of us.
Oh, such GREAT pictures! I guess the one I like the best is of my Angel(s) sleeping!
Angie did it again--Thanks
Posted by: Mamo | October 25, 2008 at 10:50 PM