Photos of Mom…it can happen!

Sadly, here at the cottage I do not have the software on Ric’s laptop to upload the photos from Ali’s camera or my old Powershot.  This is sad for a silly reason…but I must say I’m quite pleased with myself. In the past I have shamelessly paid my children to pose for photos…as they are pretty sick of me wielding a camera (can’t imagine why lol). But now this holiday I’m trying something a little different and I wish I could upload the photos to prove it. I am now paying my children to take photos of me…HA! The photos of me are usually few and far between as I am generally holding the camera. This is something I have lamented as we all know that memories last longer if you take a picture. And, of course, since I am in so few pictures my children will think I did not exist!!! Now that I’m paying my little angels to photograph me I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the results. I’m only paying for photos that I approve of and so many get deleted…but it makes them work a little harder to get a crisp, well exposed, flattering shot of their mother….not bad, not bad if I don’t say so myself. And since the better I like the picture the more I pay I’m pretty happy with the keepers . Now I can say…see, I did exist…and I looked pretty darn good hahaha. And along the way my kids are learning a little about focus, dof, exposure, framing, line, focal point, negative space, color, perspective etc. etc. etc.  Really, it’s a win-win .

~ by joannek on June 30, 2009.