Outtakes

Ella and Aidan are getting increasingly difficult to photograph these days. For the most part, Ella is a willing participant. Aidan; however, typically just runs in the opposite direction shouting "No, Mommy! No more pictures!".

In order to capture these two shots (which I only consider to be so-so in quality)......

...it took the promise of a lollipop just to get them to even sit next to each other followed by desperate pleading about how much Opa wants a good picture of them in order to squeeze out some semblance of a smile. Simply mentioning Opa sent a new perk into their demeanor, yet only ever so briefly.

38 pictures later I managed to capture the two so-so shots seen above. What about the other 36 pictures? Well, here is a peak at some of the outtakes: