His Perspective

My plumber sometimes moonlights as a photographer. He makes cameras out of legos, and describes them in intricate detail. He can talk about his aperture and shutter speed, his fancy lenses and his batteries that last for one hundred years... and the hot shoe for his speedlight.

I have absolutely no clue where on earth he gets these ideas.

*cough*

I don't have a speedlight.

When he agreed to help by taking some pictures today, his excitement very quickly turned to panic. "Mommy! I don't know how to use that camera!"

"I made it easy for you. I turned this dial to automatic. All you have to do is peek through the window and push this button." Then I showed him how to hold the big camera in his small hands.

"WOW! Thanks for teaching me how to take pictures Mom!"

And then I practiced the relaxation techniques that I learned in the childbirth class I took exactly seven years ago. Although the camera in his hands may have been a beat-up second-hand malfunctioning entry level dSLR... I do not have any cheap lenses in my camera bag.

The safety lesson was longer than the photography lesson. We put the camera strap around his neck as insurance.

I took pictures of the photographer. The rest are his. He's shooting a gripped Canon XTi with a 50mm f/1.4 lens.



Asparagus:



Raspberries:



Popcorn maze:
I moaned about the fact that a number of the popcorn plants didn't grow. His perspective? "But LOOK at how many of them DID GROW!"





Flowers waiting for a real flower bed, enduring too much direct sun:







"I GOT YOU MOM!"



I'm dressed like a vampire because I sunburn faster than a naked hen.

Onions and Beets:



Garlic:



Ummm...

"Hey kiddo, you know those are weeds. Right?"

"No they aren't."

"Yes they are."

"No they aren't!"



"Yes they are. I skipped that part when I weeded. Now they're really tall."

"Oh."

*Click*



Flowers that he chose, in the swingset:



Strawberries hanging out in the swingset:
His daddy built a new raised bed and we will plant these today!



This KinderGARDEN update has been brought to you by the letter E, and the number 7. Well, almost seven.

KinderGARDENS week 9