I just canceled our maternity pictures. I've been upset about it all day and just spent an hour talking to my husband about it after washing my face just now for bed. (which is quite the task when it is broken out this bad). My skin is disgusting. And I'm not talking about those girls who get A pimple and freak out. I have cysts on my forehead and even going towards my ears. I even tried to lay off dairy somewhat this week to prepare and it didn't help enough. My face is more red from acne than it is my actual skin color. I know, not pretty to think about. Hence the freaking about about our maternity session tomorrow.
Thankfully it worked out in that Kim is letting us 'transfer' our session fee that is paid to do baby pictures sometime. I don't know when they will be (nor do I really care, of course I want beautiful baby pictures however old he is!) and I told her whenever it works out that she is back in town will be more than fine with us. I feel so awful, but so relieved at the same time because I know this was the right decision for us right now. It sucks because besides my skin, I feel fairly cute and would have loved maternity pictures. I even bought new tops specifically for our shoot that I thought would be perfect. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise though because now we are getting some of the most beautiful baby pictures (seriously check her out!) ever, which is exciting and not something I had planned on doing because we were doing the maternity shoot. I'm still pretty bummed, but told my husband we need to get some pictures eventually of us ...just from far away! All I have are headless belly pictures so far!
I'm off to spend some time at my sewing machine to make me feel better. I have supplies to make Lucas a super soft blankie. I hope it turns out cuter than my face! er!
A String On Double Bass
5 years ago



That's disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you've discussed it with her, but my knee-jerk reaction is "do it anyway!"... photographers can do some serious magic for complexions... and I notice a lot of the photos in her bump gallery are headless anyway!
But if it's not what you wanted, I can totally understanding trasferring the money to a family session once the baby has arrived.
katy is right- as a photographer we can easily clear up blemishes on photos. You would be amazed. Pregnancy photos are magical- call your photographer and ask her about her being able to post process the blemishes out of the photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks you guys, I know you are probably both right, but it would be super expensive to do that (trust me, there is A LOT to deal with here!) and it was Friday night or nothing so the time has passed anyway. It actually worked out since my family ended up having to put my childhood dog to sleep that afternoon. Pictures would NOT have looked good even if I had glowing, clear skin. :(
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I am okay with it. I'm excited about being able to do the baby pictures instead and I am going to make an effort to just take more pictures ourselves since I hadn't worried too much about that knowing this was going to be done.
I'm really sorry to hear about your dog :(
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