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Monday, October 23, 2006

Photographer in the Making?

Nowadays it's so difficult to take a picture of Tara. Whenever I whipped out the camera, she would grabbed it from me and start shooting anything and everything the lens was pointed at. I need to teach her a few times before she finally learnt that she had to depress the button a little bit longer in order to capture a shot.

All the while, she had been shooting blur photos of the floor, the wall, the trees and half the time, her little finger was blocking the lens. I didn't really like her playing with the camera as I'm worried that she might spoil it one day. But sometimes, when I need something to occupy her, the only thing I have in my bag is the camera so I guess I don't have much of a choice.

Slowly, she started shooting interesting stuff, in a clearer image and she managed to keep it in frame.

She took this picture of her little feet while Daddy and I were watching TV and totally unaware of what she was doing. Before this picture, she was just shooting blur images, of the floor especially, so this photo really surprised me.

Last night, she was fooling around with the camera again. I made a funny face and told her to take a picture of me. She raised the camera, pointed the lens directly in my direction and press the shutter button. Amazed, I looked at her "masterpiece" and saw that my face right in the centre of the frame, and it's so clear even my zits are so visible! (that's why I'm not going to upload it) I thought it's just coincidence and I got her to shoot at more objects. She tried the TV and the fan but her finger was blocking half the image, even though I can see that the object was right in frame. But those that she took of her Daddy, was very clear and right in frame too. From head to feet, no cropped areas!

I'm contemplating of getting a cheaper digital camera for her to play with. If she's really interested with taking photos. I'm going to get her to start shooting objects around the house, and maybe the scenery. And with all the photos, I'm going to make a scrap page.

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