For anyone yet to take photos with a baby, especially photos for a Christmas card, a big tip is to not try and make the baby look in the same direction you are looking, but rather you look the same direction the baby is looking. Catch the difference? It is subtle but powerful.
We learned this last year, we tried to get Dylan to look at the camera, our wonderful photographer did her best to get Dylan's attention, but it wasn't really working. Our 'eureka' moment happened and we all shifted so that we now were looking in the same direction as Dylan. This method rules out taking a picture in front of something notable, as the shifting and moving with the baby may remove the leaning tower of Pisa or Statue of Liberty from the background, but don't worry, most people just want to see the baby.
Here are some photos of Dylan not looking at the camera:
Here is the winning photo, when we turned ourselves to look at whatever it was Dylan was focused on:
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