One-Year Photos!

Today we got TheFry's One-Year Photos taken!

We took them ourselves at Igloo Self-Photo Studio. PapaFish actually took all the pictures, and I was on distraction duty. The studio lent us a DSLR, lighting, props, and a large choice of outfits, and we did the rest ourselves!

We took over 200 photos in one hour, and got to keep all of them on a CD. There were many outfits available for free, but we chose to use mostly our own clothing. We did pay an extra 5,000 won for TheFry to wear hanbok (Korean traditional clothing). In the end, the total bill came to just over 50,000 won, around $50 U.S.

Of course not all the photos were spectacular, but at least half of them were very, very good. Here are the best photographs from each set we took:

The first set was a bakery. TheFry loved the bread and all the other props. He looks the happiest in these sets because, well, he's not as tired and hungry as he would be an hour later!

The second set had this really cute mini telephone booth. He loved standing by it but his face was always "behind bars". There were some cute shots, but this was probably the best one. He's got that signature smirk on his face - the same one he wears when he's about to pull a plug from the wall!


He didn't like this set much. This was basically the last time we could get him to sit down on anything for the rest of the hour, and that's only because we bribed him with grapes. Puppy tagged along for shoot.

The clouds was one of his favorite sets. It was soft and bright and he could sit down comfortably with his back propped up against something stable. There were a number of classic shots taken with this set but this is my favorite, because he's being himself.

My favorite set was the toy car. This is my favorite picture: dude in a red convertible, wearing a scarf, windswept hair, and a dog along for the ride!

At first he was wearing a cute little red hat, but he hates hats, so he figured out how to rip it off and throw it to the floor. Then the person who was running the studio thought it would be a great idea for him to wear this:


This is by far my absolute favorite picture out of the whole set. It has so much personality, so much emotion. I laugh a little every time I see it. It never gets old.

Finally, it was time for TheFry to get dressed up in Hanbok, Korea's traditional costume. The first birthday is actually a huge deal in Korea, with a formal party and the baby wears hanbok.

This hanbok features cherry blossoms and it is definitely for boys. Pink is a very stylish color in Korea for both men and women, and pink on boys' and men's Hanbok is in fashion right now.

This is probably my favorite photo for photographic value of the whole set:



And I really, really love this one also:



After the shoot, one of the photographers thought it would be a great idea for us to do a family shot. I had no idea this was coming. I had skipped a shower and makeup application because we had been running late, I was sweating profusely, and I had been puked on in transit to the studio. Nonetheless, we managed to take a decent one:



And another one which was a little more honest:



After getting TheFry back in his more comfortable clothes, we took a pretty good one:

We couldn't have managed all this without the assistance of some terrific friends who translated the directions on how to use the camera, assisted us with getting TheFry's attention during the shoot, changing clothes, cleanup, and taking a few pictures of their own! In the end, I would call it a success.