The 18th Birthday Insane Photoshoot

Okay, so I've written about how it can be tricky to photograph my son before. He gets impatient quickly, and sometimes his photos come across like this:

I do get some good shots, which I shared in my When Your Son Turns 18 post, but what about the shots in between? Well, let me share.


For starters, he was like, "What if I weren't turning 18, but 81?"

I was like, "Well, I'd be dead," and he was like, "Then I wouldn't have to take these photos!"

Then he corrected the numbers but had a weird expression:

(For the record, here's the good shot I got with the numbers). Also, his shirt is from Amazon and you can buy it here.

Then I asked him to look excited, and he was all:

After that, he found his sister's hula hoop, and I actually got a good shot from that, but he was distracted by it for a bit. Also, you can buy the birthday sign on Etsy here.

Then he was like, "We should take a photo with my Dundie!" (Have I mentioned he has ADHD?)

He said he wanted to do a "cool pose" next.

I was like, "Please, I just need a regular shot." He did cooperate. It just takes a while sometimes, but we do manage to get some good photos.

So does it take a bit to take photos of the male in your life?