Tuesday, December 20, 2011

You've Got Mail!

Well it's finally time to show off this year's Christmas card. It was a challenge this year for sure and honestly, I really put it off until last minute. I originally started out wanting to do THE pinterest shot...you know...the ones with the pretty lights in the background. Yeah...that didn't quite work out.




So we went to plan B which was to head outside...you know...with all the dead grass, barren trees, and a hellacious amount of wind. Did I mention that our toddler was on the run that day? Totally uncooperative. But cute...very cute.


I was in a lousy mood. My camera wasn't focusing properly and yes I am blaming the camera not the user. I'm pretty sure my 50mm has some focus issues but I need to do some more testing before I'm sure. I know I'm no photographer but when everyone is still and I have the little red focus dot right on my child's face and I still get a soft picture...something isn't quite right.

Anyways...

We did start to get some decent shots. I ended up with 5 possible Christmas card worthy pictures out of the 150 plus I took that day.




It took a lot of chasing, some bitching and a whole lot of patience from my very dear husband, but we finally got our shot...

We used Shutterfly for the second year in a row and I couldn't have been happier. It took me forever to decide on a card because they were all so great!  The following picture for the back and it's actually my favorite.



Good thing Christmas card pictures only come once a year right? Shew!



9 comments :

  1. haha that sounds like quite a time! I'm glad you ended up with one though - and it's so cute!

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  2. The card looks great! What a cutie!

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  3. Love those pictures of him! What a cute card!

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  4. They turned out great!! I tried to get a picture of Jamie with a Santa hat on. Yeah right. Big fail!

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  5. Great choice! That is an adorable card...and even cuter little boy!

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  6. Love the pictures! We took family photos this Fall and the photographer took over 350 of them just to get ONE decent one of the 5 of us (2 parents, 3 kids)! You better believe I blew up that sucker huge and framed it!

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  7. So cute! Isn't it funny how we all (myself included) stage Christmas pictures? Next year I am going to try to use one we already have....let's see if I can do it!

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  8. I LOVE your Christmas card, what a great picture!!

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