Yes, Bode is ALMOST 11 months - in 5 days actually. I finally got his 10 month pics edited and in the collage and I am pretty happy with it. As I mentioned before, we tried these pics the weekend after he turned 10 months, but he was SO cranky and I only got 2 semi-smiling pics then. So, I decided to try it again the following weekend (I needed Dane's help to hold him on his lap) and it went better. As you will see, he still got cranky, but that is what we want - a good variety in facial expressions. We didn't get his frustrated face or his disgusted face, but we got plenty of others.
I need to give
Cheries Photography in Fargo (Now Studio 9 Photography) all of the credit with this idea. When Eben was born I decided to have his pictures done at Cheries because of this collage option which my friend had of her son in her home. I just LOVED it. So, being that we are so far away and not planning a visit to Fargo while Bode is this age, Brian of Studio 9 was so kind to give me (he will be tipped!) the template for the collage so we can make a (sort of) matching one of Bode for our wall.
The one above is fuzzy, but the face is SO Bode so I HAD to include it anyway.
Below is Bode's Collage! I am happy with how it turned out...although it looks quite different than Eben's. The background is darker and the lighting and editing is simply different. That is to be expected because I use natural light and he uses studio lights. Oh well...good enough, right?!
Below is Eben's for comparison...see...quite a bit different, but it will do!
Love it!!
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