Side of the road photo shoot.

Wellllll, we tried! We had to wake up ol Miss Grouchy on the left, so we just had to do the best we could! I was SO proud of Todd the Bod, when he saw this cool pier out over Mobile Bay and said, "Let's pull over there. That'd make a cool place for pics." I swear, the Heavens separated and I saw Jesus! He NEVER wants to take pics. And now he's recommending backdrops?! Gooooo, Todd!

Please understand that every one of these is a different photo. And please understand that Gabbi Girl wasn't planning on smiling in ANY of them!

Ellie had promises of gum, touching a bird, sitting with the big kids... bribery works nicely for her!

With Gabbi, we just have to hope that her scowl "kinda" looks like a smile in at least one or two of her pics. And we'd just choose that one!

I just kept whispering to Todd, "Just keeeeep smiling."

And well, this is what we got.

Did you like our coral, white and khaki color choice? I actually thought we would be on the beach, and I thought this would be gorgeous! Did you know that orange and blue are complimentary colors on the color wheel?! That means the "compliment" each other or make each other "pop"!

Having at least a general knowledge of the color wheel may be to your advantage someday. You should check it out! Like, when you are kinda between two colors when painting your room, or buying a piece to an outfit. I chose the orange to go with the blue. ANd thankfully so! Check out the contrast in these pictures!

My other option in these dresses at the Old Navy outlet, mind you, was light aqua. I LOVED that color and really thought it'd look great as a "beachy" theme. And it WOULD have looked great with a great sunset (oranges!!) Why you ask?! Well, because orange and blue are complimentary. Duh!

The basics are like this... purple and yellow. Orange and blue. And green and red. then, you get into red violet and red orange and blue greeen and.... much deeper subject matter! Important, nonetheless! I use it all the time when I am doing my paintings. Dude! I seriously digress!

I think I am going to have to get one of these blown up for Mary Allison. And a canvas for Ellie's room. These are pretty cute! Look how BIG my baby girl looks!

Our two awesome sitters. Too bad Julianne isn't wearing red/orange. Just sayin'! Perfect compliment to that blue green!

I have to MAKE Julianne pose for a picture. Mary Allison, notsomuch. She likes to try different poses and angles. Just like my elder child. But that's cool. I like to try different angles and such too, so I like a willing subject.

For instance, I got down on my knees on this dock to get an upward view to make her look all tall and ethereal. I think I captured it. Be looking for me in the next issue of Vogue. As I think I am a photographer now! ha.

yet another valuable thing to have a general knowledge of... photography. Wouldn't you agree?!

Simply being able to put someone's head or body in a frame in a creative or appealing way doesn't seem like a big deal. But sometimes I hand my camera off to someone and ask them to take a picture, and what I get back is rather shocking. Really? Is that what you felt was center? or most important? who knows?! Everyone has different eyes!

And while we are on deep thoughts. Have you ever thought about THAT?! That we all see things differently because we all have different eyes. Or smell things a little differently. Or that we can't possibly taste the same,because we have our own specific taste buds! So, when I say I like chicken, and so do you... are we really tasting it the same?! Pardon me while I take my Adderol!

In the words of Larry the Cable Guy...
"I don't care who you are..." you GOTTA like this picture! NO matter what eyes you are using!

I mean, how ethereal?! I love how her right foot is turned in just a hair, and the vastness of the bay behind her.

I'll definitely have this one of foamboard and blown up big time!

Thank you, sweet girl for being such a willing participant!

Mo