We've got the potential...the potential to take a good picture. Meaning Juliette and I. If I don't watch it, she's going to be better than me soon...not that I'm good or anything. Cameras and I don't usually know how to communicate. I know what I want my picture to look like...it just doesn't DO what I want it to do. I'm sure it has nothing to do with it being the photographer's problem! :) Of course, I'm not really trying to be a pro here, but it would be nice if my photos were amateurishly good sometimes!

So, I got a new camera for Christmas. It has some cool settings that should help me fake my way into being a better photographer. This one below of Juliette is the best pic I've taken so far with it! It reminds me of one of her professional baby pictures...it's from the same angle.


And then we just have your randomly "okay" photos (not talking about the subject here, just the quality of the photo). Regardless of my lack of photography skills, isn't she a cutie? You see those boots she's wearing? She got those with some Christmas money and wants to wear them with EVERYTHING. They are really cute, though, so it's not a problem...especially since they are brown and match most of her wardrobe.

Now let's look at some of Juliette's pictures that she took. She frequently asks for the camera and walks around the house taking pictures. It's kind of interesting to see what she has taken pictures of, yet not fun to see yourself in some unflattering ways too. (I delete those as quickly as possible.) About 50% of the time, she takes pictures like the one below...of her feet on random rugs and floors around the house. Other times, she follows the dog around and takes gazillions of pictures of her just standing there looking at the camera, or licking herself, or laying down.

All of a sudden, though, Juliette has started wanting to take "good" pictures of us. (Although what constitutes as "good" to her, usually isn't "good" to me. Frankly, unless someone has taken a picture of me with a camera that has a setting that takes off 40 lbs. and makes you not have a double chin, I'm not happy with any picture of myself!) Anyway, not only does she want to take a good picture, she wants you to pose different ways, which is why I might have a little photographer on my hands.

The "make a sad face like this" picture!

The "make a scary face like this" picture.

Then, she started getting all "creative" with her poses...you know how photographers want to take pictures from different angles. I was laying on the couch (rare!!) and she climbed on the back of it, stood up against the wall, and took a picture.

Then, as you can see below, she decided to turn the camera at an angle and take a picture of Matt. I didn't coach her at any of this. Pretty good thinking, huh, for a 3-year-old?