Um, taking pictures with babies (particularly mobile babies with minds of their own) is hard. Hard! I can see why the professionals hire baby wranglers. I always think photos with baby products are so much more appealing with actual babies in them. So, to better depict a new design for my line of organic baby blankets, I decided to give it a shot. I was envisioning my babe beautifully swaddled and looking serenely adorable; the photo would of course show both the print on the body of the blanket and the one on the hood. I made sure Aya was clean as a whistle and well-fed, and that we had a neutral background and good light. All perfectly planned, right? Well, you can see for yourself how things developed.
First this:
Then this:
This:
And finally.... this:
Lesson learned.