Hi Baboo.
I'm finally sending you two versions of our family
portrait. The idea of having a family
picture came about when Mimi turned eight last August 5th. That made us a household of senior citizens
and Dadoo wanted to have a portrait of our aging family, especially with Jerry
turning 15 years old (105 cat years) this year.
However, we were not quite sure how best to capture the right image that
would be representative of our family?
Well this is what we did. First,
we picked the time and day to do our portrait.
Sunday after church was chosen since everyone is typically relaxed, Dadoo
and I are already in our Sunday clothes and our two pets are excited to see us
and eager to partake of lunch and yummy treats.
The set up to do portraits was already in place, so Dadoo just needed to
make a bit of adjustment and then use the remote control to click the shutter
button that was synchronized with the flash.
Since I got Mimi already on my lap, I suggested to do a trial run
without Jerry. Jerry was already watching
us from afar, closer to the base of the stairs.
So the three of us (without Jerry) posed in front of the camera but
nothing happened. Ooops, the remote
control did not work. Now, we have to
use the camera timer. Dadoo took Mimi
from my lap, asked me to grab Jerry, then set the timer on. As soon as Jerry heard his name and the quiet
tick-tick-tick of the timer, he ran up the stairs as far away from us. I was closely following him, then I took out
a big piece of romaine lettuce leaf in my hand to lure him back. Jerry stopped to smell the leaf and I grabbed
him. He tried to leap out of my hands
but I got him pinned down to my chest while running down the stairs to take my
seat before the 10-second camera timer turns off. I got seated with Jerry held close to me,
Dadoo with Mimi in his arms already waiting, and then click -- perfect
timing. We loved the image but Dadoo did
not know what was the green thing that I was holding in my hand, so he removed
it via photo-shop's content aware. I
still prefer the picture with the green leaf, so we're sending you both so you
get to choose which one you like.
Have a blessed day!
Love,
Mamoo
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Original shot with Jerry's salad. Notice how Jerry is ready to claw on Mamoo's
chest.
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