Last year Mr Hubby and I did a couple of mini photo shoots with Baby at home in order to get a picture for our Christmas card. Cheesy as it may be to some, I think this is a ‘must do’ when you have kids and anyway the relatives love them.
So last year, yeah last year Baby couldn’t walk…. Things were so much easier last year!
Fast forward 12 months to now, the present day, Mr Hubby at work and Baby and I on our own with a camera. I think it would be safe to say it didn’t go quite to plan…. Baby went rogue!
So learn from my mistakes my friends. You are armed with your camera, a snowy back drop and some decorations you found that should add a festive touch. Now here’s what to do;
1. Do not ask your child to smile.
2. Do not let your child get distracted by a book
3. Do not ask your child a question
4. Do not ask for the Christmas lights back
5. Do not let your child hypnotise itself with the Christmas lights.
6. Do not ask your child to look up
7. Do not let your child lose focus
8. Do not ask your child to pose nicely with a star
9. Do not let your child leave…..
10. Do not ask your child to wear a Santa hat.
11. Do not ask you child to look at the camera.
12. Do not encourage your child to be a Christmas Tree.
13. Do not let your child ignore you
14. Do not let your child hide in the ‘fake snow’
15. Do not let your child improvise with making their own sleigh
If you follow all these tips you should end up with a picture that turns out a lot better than ours!
The lovely people at printed.com have kindly offered to make our Christmas cards. They print various products from Instagram prints, Greeting cards, to Invitations and Giclée Fine Art Prints. So safe to say our photo shoot didn’t go to plan at all, even though we tried three times. In order to get something that was worth printing, I called in the PicMonkey big guns and created a little design that I actually really like.
I can’t wait to see the finished version when the guys at printed.com have done their thing.
Katie from Mummy Daddy Me for #OrdinaryMoments
Charly at Podcast Dove for #What’sTheStory 
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Also, do not ask your child to leave the nativity set alone, to stop eating the glitter on their hands from sparkly baubles and never ever ask them to do it for Santa, the Easter bunny or Granddad as said child will want to make demands to see Santa, the Easter bunny and Granddad. And Granddad won’t do thanks to an obsession with Santa.
Oh I love the card though, fabulous result in the end, well worth all your hard work 🙂
He,he! This is a funny post love the pictures! Your daughters little face is too cute! x
Oh Aby I love it! Baby is so funny and the hypnotised by the lights picture is brilliant! In my latest photo shoot page Toby looks either sarcastic or grumpy in almost every shot, but I think sometimes the ones that go ‘wrong’ are actually just a great reflection of their personalities xxx
The tutu is so cute!! I don’t know how anyone ever manages to get good shots. They must have the patience of a Saint!! I do love the outakes though x
Haha this is hilarious! I prefer the ‘action’ shots anyway. She’s soooo gorgeous! I tried taking some of Rose on fri and every single one is the back of her head xx
That cards looks fab, I think you should have used the one of Baby getting hypnotised by the fairy light though, that was SO funny!
Love the final shot from your Christmas card – I know just what you mean about mobile little ones and trying to get that Christmas card photo – it’s even harder with two! I must have taken a hundred photos trying to get one that I’m mostly happy with (it’s still not quite exactly what I wanted but it’s close enough!) – most of my photos involved at least one child not looking at the camera or wandering off – I’d put them back where I wanted them and by the time I picked up the camera again, they were off! #sundaystars
Ha I love this – much more honest look at baby photography! Let’s face it … all shots of beautiful smiles are the one good result out of 100 failed attempts. More parents should show their ‘behind the scenes’. Especially on Facebook … 🙂 #sundaystars
Abby, these photos are absolutely brilliant. Love them and its so true. Thanks for linking up to #sundaystars
Ha this made me laugh out loud Aby- we have had all the same sort of things here as well. I know the feeling all too well! But the finished design is lovely- a perfect Christmas card! x
Hee hee! Looks like such fun! (for baby – maybe not you!). I am glad you have the professionals doing it for you!!! I might not bother with my twins now after seeing this 😉 Jess xx Thanks for linking up to #sundaystars
I totally disagree!! These pictures ARE awesome!! What a cutie and so natural! Love the cheeky look So engrossed in all the things around her! ADORE this! Great post huni! Mwah #SundayStars 🙂 xxxx
This is such a lovely, funny post. Baby actually looked like she was having a fantastic time and the finished product is fab! The relatives will be pleased.
Haha! These are great and definitely worth keeping for future!! What do they say about never working with children or animals?! x
Oh you make me laugh. I laughed out load when I saw the pic of Baby not wanting to give the lights back, then nearly laughed up a lung when I saw her practically sticking the light in her eye!! My personal fave!! Love the finished article though – what a fab idea!? Xx Steph xx
I’m loving Baby’s reindeer onesies! So cute. This is very funny and too true Aby – they say never work with children or animals for a reason! I’m always really impressed when I see personalised christmas cards with seemingly perfectly posed children!! 🙂 #ordinarymoments
We are going to attempt to do our own cake smash next weekend, so glad I read this!
Card if fab though xxxx
No 5 made me laugh out loud! My 22-month-old is nigh-on impossible to get a decent picture of as well. In fact, I don’t think I’m even going to try and so I’m very impressed at your finished card, and that in spite of all the “out-takes”!
I love the final picture. There’s some great tips for taking pic of kids here hehe. Photographing little ones can be the most difficult task of them all. Popping in from What’s the Story.
Haha, so funny!!
I’m going to make the most of taking photos of Jasmine this year whilst she can’t walk!!
Jenna at Tinyfootsteps xx
Oh my goodness, picture number 5 is going to become my desktop, HILARIOUS!! xxx
These really made me chuckle. Bless her – I totally would’ve used #5 on the card!!!
This is hilarious, and very true! Love the photos, you have some classic moments captured there 🙂 #WhatstheStory
Hilarious!
Don’t let them see you holding a camera to take a photo. Every time I attempt to capture that moment with my camera my toddler’s mood change.
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Aww haha, this is great! I love her expressions 🙂 we’re trying to take some Christmas photos on the weekend, I’m betting they won’t go to plan either xx
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Oh good luck xx
This is so funny – love the pic of her hypnotising herself! x
I LOVE THIS SO HARD!!! It proper made me laugh. It is literally a years worth of #wickedwednesdays!!! Brilliant bab. Ha ha ha. The one where she is looking at the light. Hilar xxxxx
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Thanks hun! I am glad you approve! It was quite a day! yawn! She looks proper psycho in the light one! 🙂 xxx
Haha sounds like quite a journey, but pleased to see you got there in the end! 🙂
These are priceless. I think her ‘happy’ face (picture 1) perfectly reflects my feelings on Christmas, so as far as I’m concerned, you’ve captured the true essence of Christmas there.
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Thanks so much, it was a bit of a ‘challenge’ x
This post is hilarious, I especially love where she is hypnotised by the light… I am about to attempt my Christmas Card photo shoot today… should be fun plus I am adding a dog as well. Recipe for disaster.
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OMG! You have my sympathy! Good luck! x
I am HOWLING. These pics are fabulous, really fab post lovely xx
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Thanks hun, glad you like it xx
Hahaha!! Last year I cut Mr One’s head out from one photo and pasted it into another! …3 KIDS …Like that’s going to work!!!
The ONLY thing that calmed any of them down – even if only momentarily – was when Mr M accidentally bumped his head… He than proceeded to smack it a few more times so I could at least get shots with two of them without tears!
Joy of joys, we’re soon there again 🙂
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It is so stressful isn’t it! x
Haha loved this, she still looks so cute in every shot, love it when the shots aren’t perfect these are the ones you’l treasure more I reckon, fab post! #thelist x
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Thanks hun, it was so stressful, she really doesn’t play ball at the moment when it comes to photographs x
This is so funny – she looks lovely, even if not quite the picture you were attempting!
I’m terrible at getting good photos of my girls. we have a few really nice ones and these are treasured because I just don’t know when I’ll next manage it!!
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Oh my goodness, these photos are all so adorable, hilarious, amazing!
I love the question photo, she has such a great expression =)
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Thanks hun! I thought the whole things was a write off. I’m glad we got a card and a post out of it 🙂 x
That christmas lights hypnotising one is priceless!
Haha you say the shoot went bad but I love the natural photos like this more than anything! x x
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Ah thanks hun xx
Brilliant! We might just be able to get away with some shots this year but our nine month old is getting harder and harder to direct.. all the pictures are great to cherish! #thelist
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Good luck! x
hahahaha…you could say this is a ‘how to’ as the one you came out with at the end is AMAZING! xx #TheList
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Ah thank you. Not quite the stylish picture I wanted but at least it works! xx
I absolutely LOVE these photos – particularly the one with the Santa hat on. FABULOUS!
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You’ve got a lot more patience than me! I tried to get a picture of my two standing next to a Christmas tree yesterday and failed miserably!
How funny is this post and I love the idea of doing a photo card but with my kids, there’s no hope that we’d get a decent one, lol!! x
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Thanks hun! Yes you would have quite the challenge x