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Just take the shot sister….

     Just take the shot.  No…this is  not a basketball speech, nor a hunting adventure! I mean…take the shot sister! Pick up the camera and take it!  I just got back from a week long vacation in Southeast Alaska and it was so refreshing to see that part of the state once more.  The water..the boats…the wildlife!  I took my own advice and picked up my camera from a long awaited time apart…and took the shot! 

   I will post up some of my most quirky and silly photos that I just so happened to catch because I took my own advice! I had my camera on hand for all of the vacation and when the time was right for a perfect shot..I took it! Most importantly…when the time WASN'T right…I took it too! Sometimes, the perfect picture isn't planned! Sometimes the emotion and feeling within a photo comes impromptu! 

..My sweet boy caught a fish and he was so proud! I asked him to "show me your fish" and this was the pose I got! Forget the perfect picture…

I got a fish faced child! 

…so maybe this isn't the "take the shot" kind I had in mind…but this guy was too cute! Grandpa had brought home a big bucket of crab for us to chow down on.  Sadly, this guy was the last to "go"

I had to snap a picture or 25 of him since he was the last to be ripped apart!  He was colorful and full of zest! (then we ripped him apart and boiled him and ate him) 

Take the shot ladies! I took the shot before he was done for! 

Once more ladies…take the shot! 

Previously, grandpa and my little guys were posing for that "perfect picture" with the fish.  I was prepped with the lighting  and bokeh and blah, blah…but the fish wasn't prepped! He wriggled and literally jumped out of grandpa's hands and into my son's face!!!!!  What did this mom do?  I took the shot and kept snapping away! ha! 

     So, in conclusion, what I am saying is… just do it! Like the Nike slogan…just do it. Pick up the camera and keep taking shots.  Don't wait for the perfect moment and the perfect lighting..just go ahead and be fearless with the camera.  Don't be such a perfectionist with the details…the shots will come.  Thankfully, we have the latest technology and we can delete pics! All of them if we need to! So take it! Just take the shots and see what memories you capture!