It's funny…my son had picture day day at his daycare on Wednesday and my husband was a little skeptical about purchasing the photos. He insisted that I could take better photos and (BONUS!) we wouldn't have to pay for them. As a non-photographer, my husband doesn't understand that in my off-time, I don't necessarily want to take photos. Don't get me wrong, photography is my passion, and if you check my storage devices, you will see that about 90% of my photos are of my son. But sometimes I need a break, whether it's because I am in the middle of wedding season and I am feeling the time crunch of balancing my full-time job and shooting weddings on the weekends, or I'm enjoying my time off with my family and working on promoting my business. Sometimes, taking a photos is the last thing I want to do. It's also worth mentioning that my son is at the age where he could outsquirm a water snake. NO one wants to wrestle a nice pair of pants and a snazzy shirt on a water snake. NO one wants to chase said snake through a house and comb his hair.

I received proofs of my son's photos the same day they were taken. He's so adorable! He has an amazing natural expression and the photographer did a great job capturing it. But are they the best photos? No. Could I have done better? Maybe…the photos were not straight, the cropping was a little strange…but taking pictures of little ones running around a daycare cannot be an easy job. I have a hard enough time collecting my little one…a whole room full of them has to be a challenge! But you know what? Letting another professional photograph my son showed me how others view my son. The photographer on Wednesday captured my son's ornery, adorable little smile. She captured his curiosity, his playful demeanor…all aspects of his personality that I see every day.

And oh yeah, I spent $75 on photos from his daycare photo shoot. ;)