First - I'd like to say that I survived my presentation. I received a few kudos for a job well done but if you ask me, it was awful.
I was sweating profusely.
I was rambling.
I was making bad jokes.
And I managed to eat up 30 of our 40 minutes leaving my partner to scramble to fit in his material quickly.
But I survived!
Now onto the weekend. I'm a little peeved with The Mr. right now. As I've mentioned previously - we're photo enthusiasts. I would never claim to be good or anywhere near a professional level (like Maria and Kelly!). We love taking pictures and always offer to do so for our friends.
Why? Because they're our friends. Its a win-win situation. We're hanging out with our pals, we're getting practice with our cameras and photo editing software, our friends are getting free pictures and ITS FOR FUN.
So The Mr. offered up our "services" to a co-worker of his who recently just had a baby. And she's been hounding us about when we're going to do it because they have to send out announcements and they really want the pictures. She even asked to see a portfolio! Ack! I'm freaking out because:
(1) We've never taken pictures of babies.
(2) We don't even play with babies.
(3) This isn't actually for fun...
(4) This is a NICE thing we're doing and yet we're getting all sorts of pressure from her about doing it.
(5) When The Mr. asked her what she was looking for in terms of pictures, she sent a link to Anne Geddes!
I am SO not thrilled about this.
8 comments:
Ehhh - this does not sound like it's going to be enjoyable. What if the baby is crying?! Good luck with that one!
I can lend you Toby for practice! He's used to being in front of the lens : )
Let me know if you wanna try out photographing "weird babies".
OH MY GOD. I HATE babies in flowers. Dear god, I almost don't even have to express my honklevel right now because i'm sure you're right at the same spot.
Unsolicited advice: breathe, remember it's fun, pretend these people are cartoon characters, and when you show them "proofs" make sure you photoshop their baby's head onto a donkey and then say
"but seriously... just like Anne Geddes, right?"
Congrats on the presentation! Sounds pretty much the way mine always go, and so I completely understand your feeling of relief!!!
As for the photos, well - good luck.
did she really send a link of anne geddes? she knows you guys aren't professionals right? good luck, it seems like she has some high expectations.
just make sure the baby is doing something funny or ironic in each picture - like put a newspaper under him to make it look like he's reading the paper.
comic gold.
can you tell i'm not a photographer?
I actually think your idea is genius! We were just too uncomfortable with the people to really suggest anything... like, "Stop rocking your baby! You're blurring all of the pictures!!"
Can you tell we're not really photographers either? :-)
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