Photo Shoot

I decided that Mason needed to get professional pictures taken a few weeks back. In and of it self, pictures sound just fine. Not a big deal. I however made the mistake of assuming that Sears Portrait Studio actually hires professionals. Please forgive me if you work or have worked at the Sears Portrait Studio. I'm sure you were the exception to this. The young lady that I was lucky enough to be assigned to take Mason's pictures however was not professional at all. As we walked into a studio, ever thing seemed fine. I explained to her that this was my first time getting photos taken and I wasn't sue what poses, etc I wanted. She assured me that that was no problem and quickly moved to the computer in the room. She pulled up pose after pose on the computer. Each pose had a detailed description as to how to get that particular shot. It was as specific as 'face child's head this way' and 'shake toy over here'. If that wasn't enough to make me not come back..., she also kept referring to Mason as Mass-Son. I corrected her several times.., but it didn't seem to click with her and continued to call him Mass-Son. After hours of being there we left completely frustrated and with quasi good photos. Having this experience.., I thought for sure 'we' could take better pictures than that and plan my own little photo shoot for Mass-Son. Here are a few of the shots.

Mason was all smiles and happy. Things were going well.
I decided to push my luck and tried branching out a bit. with pictures of his feet and Dan's hands.Things still went good and so I pushed again, thinking..., how cute would if be to get some naked shots.

He was so happy. We captured better smiles than Sears could ever even dream of getting. The photo shoot drew to a close. I picked up Mason only to find the fun little treat he left for his mommy and daddy.
Of course.., our son who pees anywhere and everywhere, peed. The best part was that our 'photo shoot' if you will, wasn't in a studio.., but rather on our was on our bed. Perhaps there are some benefits of getting pictures at Sears instead of our bed!