picture-ographer

grey bear and i get to share some time once a week while his brothers nap. yesterday was our day. 

he wanted to take a few pictures with my camera so i took advantage and gave him a little lesson. we've done this before.

he told me right from the start that he wanted to be a picture-ographer one day so he needed his practice. 

i set him up with the 35 mm 1.8/f  lens, put that puppy on the aperture setting, and let him start testing it out. 

at first he was dead set on just taking a bunch of pictures of me. i quickly convinced him that will was probably a much better subject.

{i mean really, who wouldn't want thousands of pictures like this?}

see. much, much better!

i first let him choose where to stand, gave him little direction on focusing, and let him shoot from any angle. i asked what he thought of his pictures and he noticed he didn't have enough of our faces in the picture. good observation.

so i filled him in on getting a good angle. sometimes you've got to even lay on your belly for a good shot!

then i gave him the tip to stand between me and will and the window. he said "oohhh! so you have light on your face?!" seriously grey? you are too smart.

and then, all on his own, he decided he wanted the "square" to focus on our eyes. i think he's a natural.

i just love what he wanted to capture.

maybe he'll be a famous picture-ographer one day :)