So, I got on the ‘other side’ of the camera several weeks ago. I ran around like a crazy lady getting myself ready, Kennedy and Bristol ready, picking out a shirt for my hubby, etc.  We finally made it to our shoot location – 9 minutes late. (and if you know me, I am not generally a ’late’ person, but we were late that day!) Then Kennedy refused to stand/sit/lay/anything(!) for even 5 seconds. Which, if we weren’t trying to get a picture with all 4 of us then it would not have been such a big deal. If it was just pictures of her we could chase her around, right?  But you really can’t chase around a family of four and expect to get a good picture! So, I tried everything. I bribed with candy, I ran while holding her – in an effort to entertain her – then I would run up to Stu and Bristol who would be waiting patiently for us, my hair flying all over the place and Kennedy saying “No Mommy!” every time I stopped running. Yeah. It was an experience.

By the time we left I said if she got one – just one! – good picture then she did good.

Alicia, Thanks again girl. You managed to get more than just one good picture. You did great!

Here are a few of my favorites… to see Alicia’s blog post with her picks, click HERE.

(All images taken by http://www.monaalicia.com/)

Haha! LOVE this!

I took my old vintage camera along for a few shots… I like this one Alicia got:  

 I think it is good for photographers to be on the other side of the camera every once in a while. In fact, I was really looking forward to ‘striking a pose’ and playing with my family and having that captured, these moments, they go by so fast. I want to capture them and be able to look back on them. It may not have been as easy as I expected, but hey, I have a 2-year-old! (not to mention a 7 month old) And I’d do it all over again for sure! It’s real life, and we just roll with it.

Alicia feels the same way about capturing her family, and so we traded out, you can see the shoot I did for her and her girls back in the summer by clicking HERE.

And I have to say I big Thank You to Monica for the hair flowers my girls are wearing… love them!