Little Dude & the Macro Lens
A couple weeks ago, Little Dude used Charlie and Precious (the camera and macro lens, for those of you new to the blog) to take a few photographs. This kid has some serious patience when it comes to photography and I’ve very proud of him. He took his time, carefully setting up each shot, adjusting exposure, and then evaluating every angle and nuance before taking the photo. We’ll need to work a little bit on composition, but not much.
My dad, who was watching the session, was impressed with the amount of care LD put into every image. I believe he’s beginning to see why I think LD’s ready for his own camera soon. (I was a little younger than he is when I got my first SLR, so he’s pretty much right on track.)
As you can see, I didn’t do any editing on these except for a little color correction on the last one (which I did just to see how it’d turn out) because I didn’t want to change the images or the way he shot them until he was ready to get into editing himself. I think he did a pretty good job! The top photo, of the Legoman in battle is probably my favorite. He could have easily moved the other Lego character, but he said, “then how would you know he was in a sword fight, Mom?” Precisely. He had it all reasoned out and I couldn’t argue with his logic.
I love that my son has the ability to envision the “action” and then translate it into photos. If I can, I’ll upload his Lego Indiana Jones stop motion movie and link to it for you. He and a friend of his put it together last year for a school project.
I tell ya, I gotta watch this one carefully. Next thing you know, he’s going to want his own mega computer with or something similar. Then he’ll turn the apartment into a studio and I’ll never be able to get him outside again. It could happen!
By the way, is anyone else as bothered as I am by the tiny boat with the big cannon? I mean, seriously, it would sink! I guess in the realm of Legos, physics isn’t that big of a deal.
Very cool!! I love the one that looks like an old sailor? That’s my favorite. :biggrin:
Comment by Pam — 2009/03/27 @ 05:13
He did do a very good job. I’m jealous! Maybe he could come shoot my jewelry for me?
Comment by Miachelle — 2009/03/27 @ 07:06
Miachelle, I’ll shoot the jewelry; he’ll come along for amusement.
Pam, the old sailor is my favorite, too. Reminds me of our friend, Rufus T. from the Rendezvous.
Comment by DaGoddess — 2009/03/27 @ 07:59
Nice! And I really want to see the Lego movie.
Comment by GW — 2009/03/27 @ 18:04
I have to figure out how to get it onto YouTube. It’s cute.
Comment by DaGoddess — 2009/03/27 @ 18:06