school pictures?

we all remember our school pictures right?... you took so much time and effort determining what you were going to wear... you made sure you brought your brush to school so your hair wouldn't look bad in the pictures ... then finally the day came and you walked onto the school auditorium stage and they rushed you in front of that blue backdrop and sat you on that stool while the photographers wife fussed trying to put your hair where you didn't want it! he would look through the lens and say "put your chin down dear" (never good for the turkey neck...see previous post) and he took it...weeks go by with anticipation of waiting to see how they were going to turn out...finally they came and they looked like every other school picture. boring!

fast forward 10-20 (deep sigh) years...my little girl is having her school pictures at montessori...it starts all over again. i made sure her hair was just right and hoped that she wouldn't pull it out before the pictures...

here is the result...


ouch!...that is really bad...as you notice i thought that these needed something so i took the liberty of adding mm's crimes to her lovely pictures. (as most of you know...mm has had some issues with biting...she does look like the class bully doesn't she)

the best part of this story is that on the same day as our kids were getting pictures made at montessori, lindsey was hired by first methodist early learning center to do their school portraits. these were her first school portraits and she was very nervous...i am sure it had something to do with her worrying about how parents would react to their babies school pictures...well on the same day that we got mm's proofs back, lindsey got hers back. i went across the street to look at them and was blown away! they were incredible!

this, my friends is a real school portrait that families will LOVE to have!...


this is sweet abby grace...her mommy is the smart one who hired lindsey!

maybe next year everyone will come to their senses and use linden tree photography...my fingers will be crossed!

by the way... here is her website in case you were looking for a photographer... http://www.lindentreephotography.blogspot.com/ ... she is a great photographer, neighbor, and friend...even though our politics might be a little different :)