Another Photographer in the Family!

Ellie and I are Nathan-less for the next couple of days. He left this morning for some meetings in IN so Ellie and I are enjoying some special time together. (We miss you, Babe!) I thought we might get a few photos of ourselves to send Nathan and it turned into a really fun, memorable moment to share with my daughter. The first batch are us laying on the bed, holding the camera above us (keep scrolling down for what unfolded)....

(above) The camera started to get heavy so I put it on the bed and we knelt on the floor.

Where did my daughter learn to do this?

She soon wasn't content to have her picture taken, but kept crawling up on the bed, looking through the viewfinder and saying in an adorable singsong voice, "SMILE!" to take MY picture! I didn't have to show her a thing! The girl even found the shutter button! AMAZING! (you wouldn't believe the number of adults who can't find that button)!

Here are some of the photos she took of me (I won't hold it against her that she hasn't gotten the knack of autofocus yet)

Not too bad for a three year old!

Yep, I let my daughter handle a Canon 40D (no way was she touching my baby, the 5D, though I think it's safe as I doubt she could lift it!)

I had to get some photos of her in action so I ran to get another camera-- it was so funny I wish I had a video camera handy. While I was gone she evidently snapped a few photos of our closet, which I found when dumping these pics to the computer. She was even trying to get Reagan into the act hollering, "Reagan! Smile!"

check out that right index finger -- right on the money. She's my girl!

I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised that Ellie would know what to do on the other side of the lens.

After all, she's spent two years watching me!