The “experience” of getting a shot of all of the cousins together.
Sounds like a wonderful idea. Until you actually try to get 10 kiddos to all smile and pose at the same time.
That experience just ain’t gonna be a fun one.
We usually get a couple of cousins who are completely disinterested in even trying to make Aunt Angie and Aunt Drew’s cameras happy:
And then there are those cousins who are overly-laughing in a hysterical fashion at all of the weird faces Uncle Mark is making behind Aunt Angie’s back…because Uncle Mark is so dang funny you know!!
There will be an older cousin who is trying to keep a hold of the baby cousin before she takes off for only God knows where:
And an older cousin who is trying to move into a new position that her aunt told her to move to…but then the aunt snaps the photo before she even has two free seconds to get into the new position:
Throw in another older cousin who has steadfastly held the same pose for the last 10 minutes, but just happens to look at Aunt Drew’s camera when his mom is really the one who needs him to look at her:
And finally! There is one cousin who actually is looking at the camera without looking cheesy or posed. One!
But whoops! We can't forget about this ornery cousin…what can even be said about him?
Oh my. I’m not even sure where to go with that one.
Combine them all together to get…one big messy slew of cousins. And blurry cousins.
Why, the whole experience is just a photographer's dream come true!!
At least these two photographers can thank the good Lord above that the “experience” is now over and done with.
At least until the next big holiday…
25 comments:
You know with your skills, you could just photoshop them all together. hehe
it's amazing the resemblance between the cousins, hard to tell which are siblings and which are cousins.
we did individuals of all the cousins the other day, and by the time that was over, there was no way I was even pushing my luck for a group shot! We were missing a few anyways, so we had decided not to, but it wouldn't have been fun! Something to remember I guess!
ALL such beautiful children...
Been there! And even though it's not a perfectly-posed shot, it is still great!
So neat to see a whole family of cousins together.
Our chance will come the day after Christmas!
LOL, you can tell Weslea has had plenty of practice getting her photo taken--and that she actually likes it!
haha this cracked me up! :-)
I know all about experiences like that! LOL!!
lol...know the feeling! My family had a horrible experience this weekend with photos! ;-)
The picture is great- all those wonderful children showing their individual styles and personalities at the same time! Your children are all beautiful and healthy and happy- REJOICE!
Lol! Love it... and yes some pictures are just nearly impossible :)
hehe. If I weren't too dang tired to laugh out loud, I know this post about this experience would have me giggling with tears running down my face!!
And hey, I have the answer to your 10 cousin dilemma: COLLAGE!!!! ;-)
I think that is a great cousin shot!!! I love how you broke it up into all those little pictures! Clever! All of their personalities sure do give it the right pizazz!
We are having a big family Christmas this year - 23 of us, 13 of whom are children - all cousins!! I am hoping for snow or fine weather so I can take shoot outside (my camera is not so nice inside) and I WILL challenge myself to get a shot of all of them together, but I guess it will be somewhere nowhere near as good as yours - esp as I don't even have as good a camera!! You see with 7 of my own why there are not that many shots with them all in!! ;) Despite all that, I like your shot - I think each child shows theirs character in some way or other in it!
What a cute post!
Girl...I have ten kids and I'm tellin' ya, you have to bribe them! :) Not that I would ever resort to such a thing...snicker.
I bet your kids have fun with everyone! What a blessing!
sandy toe
I find gruop shots always very difficult!
Especially with kids ;)
Never wish it any other way honey...all I see ten healthy active very happy kids and a fantastic picture!!!! aunt cindy, who is framing this one!!
LOL! The "experience"! Sounds like it really was one. They are all so cute. Need to break out the lollipops!
That is just too funny! My sister and I struggle to get a picture of just the four of ours all together, halfway looking in the right direction with no one crying or making a silly face!
Good to know someone with actual photography skills struggles too;)
PERFECT very PERFECT!!!
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just trying to get my 2 is a struggle and they're teens, you'd think they'd have it down by now! awww weslea looks so pretty :-)
Oh my gosh. SO funny. I can't stop laughing about the one that you don't even have anything to say about : ). And doesn't the baby look big. What in the world. Oh no! Time for a new one. Which sister is up for it? : ) I mean, you already have the puppy Angie! What is one more kid? : )
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