Ooooh she's pregnant? Can I borrow your wife?!

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Ooooh she's pregnant? Can I borrow your wife?!

One of my husband's friends recently got married and he told us last night that they're expecting and he is SO EXCITED to be a dad, which makes me really happy because he is SUPER with kids, and his wife (who speaks nothing but Albanian) is so cute and hopefully this helps her settle in. And then I get to thinking how adorable the pictures would be, and how adorable that baby is going to be and wondering... is it a terrible thing to ask someone, to borrow their wife and future children to take pictures? I personally have no kids and never will because that is what the universe and genetics decided, and I am okay with that. That said, I enjoy photography (not enough to get a degree in it, which is necessary here) as a hobby and would love to be able to do some creative.

Does anyone else do this? Ask folks to borrow their wives / children / pets because you have just the CUTEST picture ideas? :'D I guess husbands could also be borrowed, but I can't say I've ever had that desire myself.

One of my friends has two kids: a 4 yo boy and a one year and two months girl. They both are really sweet, and the younger is that kind of enchanting little girl. She has super cute cheeks and "talks" to everyone (her saying "yes" is soooo cute - and she says it everytime she wants food, lol) and loves to walk by herself anywhere. I take lots of pictures of them both and use them to scrap, as I dont have any kid in the family, and sometimes scrapping only yourself and your cats get boring :p

Of course, I am REALLY careful to share their pictures, and always ask her mother if I can do so. I have only this layout of the youngest in the whole gallery.

Oh that is precious, and it's a super cute layout, too. I can't say that I'd ever share pictures or layouts where I used someone's offspring anywhere but places where it's being shared with them, I don't think. It's mostly, as you said, a desire to scrap something which isn't me or my Yorklings. I love my Yorklings, but I am not QUITE a crazy puppy lady...yet. <.< Mostly.

I have a stockpile of travel photos which I could use to scrap, but there's something about small children- I guess it's that you can do a lot of fun playful things and it doesn't need to be as 'refined' as I feel like I'd want all-adult get togethers and stuff to look.

I borrow my nieces and nephews, I have a lot. I tend not to take them back. But sometimes I get found out because eventually they are missed.
I'm also very good at getting them into trouble ...I am the biggest kid in the bunch and the ringleader of all the naughty antics they get up to smiley
This all makes for some good photo shoots. I love to let my 5 & 6 year old nieces do my make up. I tell them how wonderful it looks and then we go shopping. I will have lipstick up to my cheeks and eye shadow across my brows. I tell the storekeepers that my nieces did it and they agree how beautiful I look. My nieces can't believe the stares I get from passersby and wonder how on earth I think I look great! I even let them do my make up before dates! ...But I do rush home and redo it properly before the date because they will never know! I will NEVER scrap those pics though! Well I might some day scrap them but they will never get posted online lol

I have been borrowing kids to do crafting with for a long time, since I don't have grandkids. I borrow from neighbours, I borrow all my friends grandchildren
It's really nice cause when I get tired I just send them home.
One of my pretend grandkids loved getting her picture taken and is now a teen model.
The parents & grandparents love the crafts we used to do, and I always had lots of pictures
so they could remember how much fun it was.

Oh Cathy, it´s so cool! Hope your "pretend grandkid" have great fun in her model carreer smiley

instead of asking to borrow the wife and kids, you could offer up a free photo session as a gift? that's what I would do smiley

As a mother, I personally would be flattered if someone asked me if they could take pictures of my kids. Especially if it is someone who knows what they are doing! And then to have the pictures put into scrapbook pages? What a treasure for a busy mom. I say go for it, just share what you do. She will love the attention, what you produce, and especially the friendship.

It totally wouldn't be weird to offer a photo shoot to them as a gift! You could have them both over one day for lunch, do some maternity shots, and then offer to take pics of the baby once he/she is born. I think they'd love it

I have a similar situation, in that I love to scrapbook kids but don't have any. I'm always asking my friends and family members if I can use the pics they post online. They all say yes, and just one of my friends has asked that if I post pics of her kids anywhere that I blur out their faces. So that's one thing you have to be sure of before posting any pictures or layouts featuring other people's children.

Offering a photo shoot as a gift is a great idea! I would also be careful to tell them what I plan to do with the pictures and of course share it with them. Personally, I would rather not have pictures of my children posted online so be sure to ask.