Those of you with children know that taking the photo for the family Christmas card can be a stressful experience. You want the picture to be *just right* and inevitably the little one, who may have been an absolute angel just before getting dressed up in the cute holiday dress bought for the occasion, suddenly turns into Little Miss Crankypants and wants to crawl around rather than sit in front of the tree. You are doing your darnedest to keep the camera trained on her, waiting to capture even a hint of a smile, and Momma is in your ear yelling to "just keep shooting, there's bound to be a good one in there." (I'm sure that's exactly how Ansel Adams approached every shot.) Then the cats decide to go for the ornaments and knock down a few presents, further distracting the little one and upsetting the perfect scene Momma had laid out in front of the tree. Good times.
Luckily we recovered by remembering that, when the weather was warmer and we used to take Jocelyn on the swings at the playground, the one thing that would always make her smile and laugh was Momma doing funny walks in front of us (think Monty Python) while Jocelyn swung in my lap. These shots were taken while Jocelyn was watching her do something that I would liken to a monkey trying to feed while jumping on a pogo stick. Whatever it takes, baby!
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