We use the camera as an "I'm bored" solution at our house. I can trust my child to walk around the yard (with the camera strap around her neck for camera safety) to take pictures to her heart's content. Gotta love digital photography - no more wasted film. Ansel Adams once said that you need to take 10,000 photos to get that one perfect shot. If Ansel were alive today, he would love digital photography.
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C is for ... acorn
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On a camping vacation, we were looking for something to do and decided to find things in nature that were shaped like letters. So simple and so fun! We looked everywhere - the sky, the ground, the lake, the woods ... everywhere. Our self-made "rules" were simple - the letter must be nature-made, no shaping the object yourself, and the letter must be pretty obvious.
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| M (W? H?) is for ... bark |
We thought about composition of the photo, played with the macro (and super macro) capabilities of the camera, experimented with the flash, and had a good time learning together. We ended up with almost the whole alphabet - and spent almost 2 days doing it. We also ended up using some of the photos to make a personalized gift for Grandma, printing up the letters of Grandma's name and putting them in a frame (I cut the mat in a matching green tone).
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| I is for ... stick under water |
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| G is for ... seaweed |
Don't be afraid to give your child a camera! Kids have a unique perspective on what they see, and you may be surprised to see what they think makes a good photo. If you print up their photos, you can make great artwork for your home that is a real conversation starter! You could also use those photos as notecards, fridge magnets, and mail them as postcards to loved ones.
Happy creating!
