Christmas Photo Session

In lieu of paying someone to take the girl's pictures for our annual Christmas card, I figured I would give it a shot (no pun intended).

The girl's seemed to be camera ready this morning...

I tried to follow some tips from other photographers to make the most out of my mini shoot.
I found a good backdrop
(I actually used the roundabout in our housing development).
I made sure to take the pictures between 7-10 am, when the light is best.
8:30 seemed to be a good time for us.
I set up my two subjects and began clicking away...

I never normally have trouble getting cute pictures of my girls, but because I wanted them really bad, I couldn't get them to focus.
Sophia would look away...

But then she made up for it by giving me these shots...

They would do this when I told them to put their arms around each other.
(For the record, I love this shot of them, but wasn't sure if it was what I wanted on our cards)...

After asking Sophia to calm down, she got a little melancholy...

So I focused on a smiling Lily for a moment...

Then Sophia was all good and ready to finally give me the shot I was hoping for...

Which one will it be...

I guess you will just have to wait for our little card in the mail to find out.

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