Friday, December 14, 2007

Christmas Portraits


Ryan had his first 2 professional photography sessions this past week. On Monday we went to Target to have his Christmas picture taken, and on Wednesday to a local photographer for what I originally intended to be his 12-month pictures. This photographer I chose was booked during October and the first half of November, and then I had to postpone the late November appointment we had with him after Ryan fell against the corner of a cupboard door over Thanksgiving weekend and had a scab on the bridge of his nose (it healed fine). We finally made it last Wednesday and got some nice shots (which Rob keeps pointedly referring to as Ryan’s “14-month one-year pictures,” as if it’s a crime of motherhood that I failed to have my son photographed at exactly 12 months). But the day we finally went was the day after our referral anniversary, so if an official “occasion” is required to have a portrait done, that should do! Hopefully we will have those proofs back next week so that I can scan and post them. In the meantime, we received the electronic copies we ordered of the Target photos, and have posted our favorite shots below (plus the sepia one above). Ryan managed to dunk his head into the dog’s water dish about 10 minutes before we left the house for the appointment Monday morning, but fortunately his hair falls right into place as it dries so there was no evidence of the incident in his pictures!












Ryan wouldn't smile at either of the sittings -– if it can even be called a “sitting” when he spent 99% of the time walking around exploring the studios and getting into everything. I don’t know why he became so serious in front of the camera (at home, he LOVES to pose for pictures), but at least he wasn’t crying or afraid. He also loves looking at pictures of people lately, especially of himself, and he always laughs when he sees a picture he particularly likes. Since he is also into prolonged lap-sitting lately, I can keep him amused him for long stretches of time by holding him on my lap and scrolling through the photos on our computer. He cracks up every time he sees the pictures of himself in his Halloween costume, and he also seems to like his Christmas pictures (the Target ones much more than the ones with Santa!)

We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!

8 Comments:

At 6:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ryan has a very pleasant look on his face. He may not be smiling on the outside, but you can tell that he is smiling on the inside. That is really what counts! Darling boy.

Mary McG
in TN

 
At 8:11 PM, Blogger Amy, Ryan, Aidan and Lauren said...

Sweet pictures! We hardly ever get portraits done--you are very on top of things! :-)

 
At 10:44 PM, Blogger Tiffany said...

Ahhh he looks so handsome! How did you ever get him to sit for these? He's getting so big.
happy holiday's..
Tiffany
www.sweetnsassysophia.blogspot.com

 
At 11:32 PM, Blogger Kevin said...

Great pics! He certainly did a good job sitting for the photos. That last one is a great grown up looking pose.

Cheers - Kevin

 
At 9:11 AM, Blogger Katie said...

Ryan is so big! He's also SOOOO cute! The pictures turned out great!

Merry Christmas!

 
At 6:35 PM, Blogger Sarah said...

Wow, great pictures! Looks like he did such a good job getting him to sit. Where's the crying and screaming photos? :)

 
At 11:44 PM, Blogger Beth said...

Karin and Rob...I just LOVE these Christmas pictures of Ryan!!! He's a cutie, that's for sure. I'm so glad to see that all is going well for all of you. He certainly seems like a very happy little boy. Our Christmases will definitely be happy ones this year!! : )

 
At 12:53 AM, Blogger Sherry said...

Oh no evidence at all that he'd been playing in the dog bowl. LOL! Those are great pictures! Im lovin the Sepia tone:)

 

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