Thursday, January 14, 2010

Documenting things other than the kids

One of the side effects of getting out the camera more is the boys are LESS interested in having their picture taken. Before it was a novelty that mom had a camera at a fun place like the pumpkin farm. Now it is an annoyance that I am constantly taking photos of them.

One way I have found them to be more cooperative is to have them tell me what to photograph. I take whatever pictures they want if they'll cooperate. I found this request of Alex's particularly sweet because it captures his two best friends that MUST sleep with him at all times - his lovey and his puppy. He sleeps with about five different animals but these are the top two in the hierarchy. (Project 365, day 14)

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It's only been two weeks but I'm already enjoying photographing the "hidden" parts of our life. I've written about lovey and puppy before but I like the idea of having a picture of this moment in time.

5 comments:

Joanna said...

Lovies rock! This is one of my favorite pictures of Alex. It says so much about him.

This post is almost enough to make me want to give this picture a day thing a try.

HT said...

Last night my kids asked me to take pictures of them with their hair done up in pigtails and some toys strewn around in the family room. After each shot they will ask to see it and then ask me to take another shot. After about shot number 50 I declared we had taken enough pictures for today!

Tabitha said...

Ack! Love it! Ryan did the same for me... I posted about it here:http://azlehmans.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-cool-to-play-indoors.html

Cheryl Lage said...

What a fantastic shot! The stranglehold on the beloved lovies is precious. :)

Lisa said...

I love that he sleeps with a BRIGHT pink lovey. That's awesome.