Sunday, August 22, 2010

Amelia's Passport Picture

Getting Amelia's passport photo proved to be slightly more complicated than we had anticipated. First we went to Ritz Camera, because they advertized 'passport pictures' in their window. However, we were told that they did not have the "necessary equipment" to do infant passport pictures, which needed to be done with the infant lying down. (Pointing out that Charlie's were done at the age of 6 months with him sitting on Mike's shoulders did not help.) Then we went to a portrait studio which informed us that yes they did passport pictures for infants but that they were booked solid for the next several hours. Finally we went to the CVS that had done Charlie's passport picture. The lady there plopped a piece of poster board on the floor by the candy rack, popped Amelia on to it and started snapping away. Here is the final product, cropped to hide the fact that Amelia was clutching her feet in both hands: