They saw me coming...

Last week I took Christopher to a photography studio to get his first (at 8 months old) professional photos taken. I had never done this before because Chris thinks we can do just as good a job taking pictures at home as a professional can do. I know this isn't really true, especially because of the background setting at home and the slow shutter speed on my point and shoot camera, and I wanted some more "official" shots of the baby.

I got what I considered to be a great deal - a whole package of prints for a really low price and no sitting fee. I guess I should have known that is how these studios get you in the door and rope you in to buying more than you thought you would. Mothers who bring their cute babies to the studio and are shown 24 adorable pictures to choose just one print from are also known as "suckers". They saw me coming from a mile away! I could not choose just one print - there were so many very cute poses. So I walked out of the studio spending almost 10 times as much as the so called "deal" I purchased ahead of time!

When Chris got home that evening and I showed him all of the great pictures he knew I fell for the studio trap and that I spent way more money than I should have. All I could do was apologize and keep showing him lots and lots of cute photos of his son. Here are some of the poses (because I of course also ordered a high resolution disk of all the images) for your enjoyment.