Kaiden's First Haircut

Kaiden got a hair cut a few weeks ago. It was much needed...the back of his hair started to form a mullet and his bangs covered his eyes. I didn't want to cut his little, shaggy curls but I didn't want him to look like a girl during our Hawaii trip. I stumbled upon a barber shop in a small town next door to us. What caught my eye was the barber pole. From the outside, it looked perfect. I was envisioningg Kaiden's first haircut pictures to have beautiful light...an old man with white hair cutting his hair...and Kaiden sitting happily along the way. When I told E this, he said something that has been stuck in my head since... "Dianne, I think your photo reality and real reality are way different from each other." He was right. We walked into the barbershop and they had bright green walls. I should've just walked out but the pride in me made us stay. I didn't want to walk out just because I didn't think Kaiden would have good pictures. The whole experience was rather unpleasant. Our normally cheerful Kaiden did not sit happily...in fact, he screamed the entire time. We had forgotten that Kaiden got shots the day before and so he clearly did not want another stranger touching him. We told the barber that and he "joked" about how we shouldn't have brought him in...he had very serious undertones. Everything inside me was upset about the whole situation but E was right... Obviously, I'm over it now lol. The pictures are completely opposite to anything I had envisioned but funny memories nonetheless. We received a lock of his hair and now we can look back and laugh at Kaiden's hilarious expressions.

By the way, I made them all black and white to cover up the ugly lime green walls...just a photo tip...when you have brightly colored walls, it reflects back onto the skin leaving unflattering color in your pictures.