One of the first real photo shoots I did with my daughter was around Easter time.  There were some gorgeous photos that came out of it, and then there were the one's where Shaylee moved to far, and got chopped out of the photo.  I used to delete these kind of photos until I did this layout.

I loved how this layout turned out, because it really showed the true personality of my daughter.  I found that after I did this layout, that I really should start to look at photos differently.. kinda like a diamond in the rough. 

I was making a layout for a contest that I was participating in and needed a photo of Shaylee holding up a sign.  She needed to look sad though.  Do you know how hard it is to make a happy child look sad, and make them not laugh?  I finally got the photo I wanted, but I also had all these other one's that were just silly... which ultimately inspired this layout.

I have also found that taking imperfect pictures make for good stories.  I was taking photos of my daughter, and her cousins in the back yard.  I caught the girls in their car, and caught my nephew playing around in his car.  Two separate times in taking the pictures, but when you put them together, you could make a very cute little story!

So, the next time you take some photos, look not for the perfect photo, but look for the one that gives you the most happiness.  Sometimes those are the photos that no one else would give a second thought to..