The Little Imp rolled out of bed Friday morning, walked into my bedroom, and amidst rubbing her eyes and admonishing me for my lack of housekeeping skills (looking at the piles of clothing all over her mumma and daddy's bedroom!) and told me she wanted to do something "especially fun today!"
So I asked her what she had in mind and she told me that she wanted to "take some pitchers!"
Now, having just had a massive catastrophe along the lines of the sinking of the Titanic when it comes to one of my new lenses I just purchased, (I dropped it on the hard concrete...a brand new Sigma 25-85 lens...kerplop! I cried!) I wasn't about to let her take the reigns of my new camera or even my older DSLR. I told her she could use the point and shoot and have a go with it. It's a new Canon PnS... not bad for a 3 year old shutterbug to cut her teeth on!
The first thing she wanted to do was take a picture of herself. Any good photographer has a cheesy self-portrait somewhere and the Little Imp might as well get hers out of the way. With a little help from me, she managed to pop one off!
Look at that! She even has the Rule of Thirds down, already!
Next on the Little Imp's list of things she wanted to shoot was our little coco Goddness, Godiva. I told her that she probably wouldn't be able to get the little diva to hold still, as I hadn't had any luck lately but to give it her best shot!
Throughout most of the day and into the evening she could be seen creeping around the house, shooting whatever caught her eye. Most of the time, the object of her attention was the cats.
I haven't done anything to these photos except try and sharpen them a tiny bit and attempt to correct the exposure issues...the rest is all purely the photographic genius that is the Little Imp! Not bad for 3 years old!
Out of all of the pics she took, this one is my favourite! Here's my beautiful boy, Geronimo. I was afraid it wasn't going to come out because Imp was messing with the zoom, but lo and behold, it's a great shot!
She caught some cute moments between our tiny coco Goddess, Godiva, and Geronimo...
The Little Imp decided to show me up and actually got two very good shots of Godiva holding still. Incredible!
This next one I did actually crop...my fat foot was all too visible in the side of the shot. Believe me, you'd thank me for getting rid of it!
Suffice it to say, I'm clearly proud of my budding shutterbug, if not a tad envious. I guess this means I better step-up my game if I'm going to make something of my own burgeoning love of photography before the Little Imp surpasses me and publishes her own calender of cat photos by the time she's 5!
Way to go Little Imp! Very nicely done! Looks like you have some natural talent there!
Posted by: Linda | Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 12:29 PM
I love every one of them. Now I really feel like a piker with my hot shot new camera and harness and all the goodies your dad got to go with.
I think you better tag those photos now before someone starts a collection using Imp's shots.
Actually, keep an album taken over time and she could publish a book: "Three G's and How They Grew".
Good name for her photo protection would be "G6East" to cover the 6 "G's" in your house right now.
Posted by: mommily | Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 01:48 PM
What great shots! I love the pictures of Geronimo & Godiva together. Precious!
Posted by: Rachael | Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 05:26 PM
She takes better pictures than I do! Those are some great shots of the kitties!
Posted by: Jess | Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 06:01 PM
I love giving my kids the camera (not the good one, obviously). It's always great fun to see what they see from their angles. We have a list of fun things to do this summer and one of them is take a photo walk together. I'm really looking forward to that one. Good for Little Imp!
Posted by: MommyTime | Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 01:08 AM
GREAT PICTURES!!!!!
Posted by: melissa | Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 05:25 PM
Those pictures are great.
Posted by: Zandor | Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 08:26 PM
Your girl is so gorgeous!
And, I love the photos.
Posted by: A | Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Haha, I would very much so love a copy of that picture of my little sister...it fits her to a "T", goofy but underneath all that cuteness a little beast haha.
Posted by: Meg | Monday, June 29, 2009 at 09:40 AM
The apple does not fall far from the tree. Great shots!
Posted by: Marlene | Monday, June 29, 2009 at 10:03 AM
She did such a great job. She takes better pictures than my husband.
Posted by: Ramona | Tuesday, July 07, 2009 at 10:33 AM