September 15, 2005

  • Last Sunday Don, Dmitry and I hauled our weary carcasses out of bed
    earlier than is our wont, got ourselves reasonably gussied up, and
    headed to the Botanic Gardens for a photo shoot of Christ Chapel
    families who have adopted older children.  On November 20 the
    church is going to focus on adoption, especially of older children, and
    the pictures taken will be incorporated into a video to be shown.

    Since the proofs are copyrighted I asked permission of Jerry Tucker (of Tucker's Fine Portraiture)
    to post them here, and he graciously provided it. What a nice
    man!  And a magnificently talented photographer to boot. 

    Here's the one that'll be used in the video.  Jerry managed to get Dmitry to actually smile!  Hey, I said the man's good. 

    Of course, because he's smiling this is the photo Dmitry liked least; his preference was this one:

    He thinks he looks all cool and tough in it.  We
    think it makes him look like he'd grab a one-way ticket back to Russia
    were it offered to him, so we firmly refused to use it as The Official
    Adoption Story Photo, to his disgust. 

Comments (10)

  • Beautiful beautiful pictures. I agree with you on the second one. Dmitry has such a lovely smile, much better than the depressed/tough/cool look.

  • Great photos - but I want to know about that magic plant in the background that blossomed between shots!

    :)

    me<><

  • Cindy, you gosling.....it's the difference between a horizontal and vertical frame. I grant you, though, I loved the additional blooms visible in the "Russian smile" picture.

  • In case I haven't mentioned it lately, dear Anne, you are absolutely adorable. :)

  • Why, no, Valerie, you haven't mentioned it recently, and I've been wondering about this apparent oversight on your part.

    You will try to be a little more diligent in the future, won't you, dear?

    J/K!!!

    Thanks, m'dear.

  • Of course for Dmitry's very sake, you will use the first picture, correct?

    'Cause in about two years, he's really going to be embarrassed by the second one. LOL

  • Correctomundo, Jane.

    Though I hadn't 'ere this considered that particular angle, i.e. "Dmitry, we're doing this for your own good. You'll thank us for it someday."

    Can't believe I let such an opportunity slide past unnoticed! A mother of six ought to know better.

  • Those are really good family pictures. Hooray for silver hair.

  • Thanks, Truk, and BTW, I visited the French fry photo and even left a comment. >;^>

  • Love both the foreground and background in both.  Especially lovely pic, that first one though..

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