We had a lovely family snuggle this afternoon to watch the movie from JediBoy’s Easter basket: Night at the Museum. It’s a great movie that we’d seen twice in the theater. JediBoy loves the perkiness of Rexy, the T-Rex skeleton that comes to life at night and plays fetch with his own rib bone. JediBoy was thrilled to find the movie in his basket, and we enjoyed spending the afternoon in bed, cuddling and laughing and watching the film.
The afternoon light was nice up there so I pulled out my camera again, and this time I was thrilled to get two pictures I liked of the two kids together! (We had a very tough photo shoot this morning and I was disappointed with every shot except the one of JediBoy by the tree!) I’ve had fun learning how to get the best from my digital SLR these last two months, but it’s been frustrating too. My mother was a great photographer - her specialty was macro photography, mainly of flowers. Taking pictures of flowers gives you less frustration while you’re learning, because at least the flowers aren’t moving while you’re trying to analyze light and shadow, composure and f-stop. I mainly want to take pictures of my kids, who are in constant motion! It doesn’t help that BabyGirl doesn’t like to smile for the camera this weekend.
That’s been my recent Mommy School, to borrow a phrase from Sara. When the kids sit and look at books together, I’m often curled up on the couch with various books on photography, digital SLRs in particular. I try to talk with JediBoy about what I’m thinking about, how I’m analyzing my own photos, and what I hope to get out of this time. He seems to understand that this is something Real, because it’s something I’m passionate about. I hope this turns out to be modeling of the very best kind!
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