Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Action Shots

Caleb could care less about me and my camera. Together, my camera and I are just another fly on the wall. I could be running, jumping and screaming while taking shots of him and he would pretend he couldn't even hear me. People, we are in the midst of a photography crisis in this digital camera era. Can I help it that I like the "smile and say cheese" shots?
Now this... this, is what I was hoping for. What is it going to take for a child who's been photographed an average of 15 times a day to pose and smile for the camera. Sadly, I think I might have ruined any chances of this coming to be.
Observe.

"Caleb, smile! Smile for Mommy, hun. Come on, you don't need to suck on the water sprayer. Can you smile, sweetie? " "Look over here, bud! Look at Mommy. Boooga boooga booga boo. Oh, my goodness! What's this? Whats over here on Mommy's face! Caleb. Caleb. Caaaaaaaleb!" "Bud, can you show me your teeth? Caleb, buddy. Where's the camera?" "Will you smile for the camera today? Smile like Mommy. Say cheeeeese."
"You are such a cute little stinker. Can you smile, sir? Look at Mommy do a silly dance!"
"Hahahahahaha! Heeeeeeeehehehe! Hooooo hooo hoo! Come on, babes--laugh with me!"
What are you doing, bud? Are you doing your most favorite thing in the whole wide world right now? You are?! Can you smile and show everyone how much you like this?

" HERE we go! That's the smile I was looking for!"

"Wow, keep this up, babe. We're going on 5 seconds of pure smileage. Wait...why are you smiling so mu...."
"Ohhhh. You've got an audience you need to keep entertained. Gotcha."

4 comments:

Angie said...

Thank you!
These picts are funny.
I like your photoshop work with the license plates. (I didn't even notice them on the small pictures).
Looks like Grandpa and Grandma are having fun!

Anonymous said...

We love to have Caleb entertain us.
He's always cute.
G-ma N

Anonymous said...

Very cute pictures even if he's not smiling. Is Kyle giving Caleb a haircut on the one where Caleb is holding the water bottle? G-ma F.

Lori said...

Yeah, he is!