Little Miss Cutie Pie

Katelyn’s hair is getting super long so we’ve been experimenting with different hair styles.  Yesterday’s style looked so cute that we had to capture a few shots before school…

It’s such a blessing to have such a lovely model living right here under my roof!

Unfortunately there is another side of the story … I literally had a minute – maybe two – to capture these shots before we needed to leave for school.  Since we live in the woods, our house doesn’t get a ton of natural light in every room, however, we do have a sunroom that tends to be pretty bright.  So I positioned her towards the sliding glass doors to ensure that there was enough light on her face.  I checked my settings on my camera and snapped away, but in every single shot Katelyn was squinting her eyes (or so I thought!).  After repeatedly asking her to stop squinting and open her eyes, I got frustrated and she ended up in tears.  Not exactly the “mini session” I had in mind.

Needless to say, this Momma had to do some major apologizing for loosing her cool over something so petty. 

And then, as if I weren’t feeling guilty enough, when I uploaded the pictures to my computer, I realized that I had actually captured some pretty great shots – with her eyes open!

Note to self:  don’t try to take pictures of the kids in a hurry, stay calm and don’t overreact, and perhaps most important, trying to capture the “perfect” shot of my kids is never more important than their feelings.

Point taken!

[Linking up with Deb for This or That Thursday]