Stuff Portrait Friday: June 11, 2008
yes, i know i am late. but when you see the assignment, you'll see why i couldn't actually "take" the photos until Saturday. (that doesn't really provide an excuse for why i took til today to actually post them, but... ::shrugs::)
the instructions:
June 6: Through the eyes of a child.
If you have a child; Allow the child to take your camera and find something they like to take a picture of. Do not prompt them on what to take, leave them to themselves to pick it.
If you do NOT have a child…you lucky bastards; Get down on your stomach or knees, about the height of child or baby and see what you see from there point of view.
now i do not have a child but i did have the opportunity this past weekend to borrow a child! plus, Baby Girl loved participating. =) that's right. i placed my camera into the hands of a not-quite-four-year-old (well, sort of. i did keep it cupped in my hand for stability but she looked through the viewfinder & pushed all the buttons!). there are some privileges to being the god child, you know. plus i love that i instilled the seeds of the photography bug! she asked several more times to take photos over the course of the weekend! (of course her mom might kill me if she helps herself to the family camera now... hopefully its tucked away somewhere safe!)
without further ado, i present to you:
Photos by Catherine
the first one was a little... experimental. ;-) it's tough to explain all the steps to taking a photo to a preschooler! LOL! this was an attempt to photograph Daddy. as you can see, there is no Daddy in this photo. actually... maybe you *can't* really see.
ok. here's some progress. we're in focus. and there is *some* Daddy. at least we're looking in the right direction now! preschoolers can't close one eye & just look through the viewfinder so it's challenging to explain that you need to see Daddy in "the little window" when you can still see him with your other eye.
almost there... "can we try again, Auntie Dawn?" she asked. of course! we do not argue with the photography muse. she knew what she wanted & that wasn't it!
success!! a photo of Daddy! and a very excited little photographer. =)
by the way? when almost-four-year-olds take "artistic photography" and see the results in the review window? they find it *hysterical*.
6 with their own thoughts:
That is too hilarious. I am envisioning Catherine running around with you bent over with two cupped hands under your precious camera!
hehe, too funny!!
every time a camera has been out since then she has asked to take a picture... soon she will be better at it then me! thank you for getting her interested by letting her do it.
Too cute. What a good Auntie Dawn to let her have some fun.
Nichole: She was actually very good & stayed right where we were while she was playing with my camera! I was a *tiny* bit concerned because she is still little & Heather's house is all hardwood & tile floors -- not very forgiving if you drop a delicate piece of technology. But mostly I was just her tripod because my camera is big for such small hands & it was kind of hard for her to hold it *and* take a picture! =)
Heather: Hopefully she won't drive you crazy asking now! ;-)
Jeanne: After all my experience with children, it is my firm belief that they cannot learn what we do not teach them. =) People expect their kids to know how to behave in all these situations, but because it is second nature to us now, I think we forget that they don't know what they haven't experienced yet!
Oh my, I love her photos!!! =)
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