So have you guys heard of Jones Soda?

Apparently they take photo submissions from people to put on their soda bottle labels.  Erin’s husband submitted one of their daughter and it is dang cute.  You can see it here. 

Anyway, so I think it would make a GREAT soda bottle label.  I decided to check out what other people submitted, and since there are thousands of photos, I thought I would check out the babies category.  Waste of time?  Maybe.  Probably.  Whatever.

Here’s the part where I hope no one gets offended.  My friend’s submission is awesome.   Other people’s submissions?  Not so awesome.  The problem is that everyone thinks their own kid is just so cute that they just submit any old silly photo.  Some people submit NUMEROUS silly photos.  Crummy photos.  Photos that aren’t well focused, photos that aren’t framed well, photos where their kid isn’t even that cute….  You get the point.

Now, I am not saying that your kid isn’t cute.  In fact, I am not even saying that ALL kids aren’t cute, because they are.  But simply having a camera and a cute kid does not equate to great photography.  Skills people, skills.  (I in no way claim to have these, but I can recognize good photography).  And don’t upload 10,000 doofy photos. Quality beats quantity everytime.  Your odds of getting on the label go up with your photo skills, not your upload skills.

Oh yeah, and go vote for this cute pic.