My grandson is my favorite photographic subject. This was a 17 minute "photo shoot" (including brief "coaxing-to-let-grandma-continue breaks") of a semi-reluctant (mostly reluctant) subject. He tolerates having his picture taken, but then gets irritated. I was able to bribe him to stand by our weathered garage for a few minutes with the promise of his getting to be behind the camera when we were finished. (I'll make a tabblo of his photos and call it "budding photographer - gallery of a 4-year-old")

We were at the zoo one day and my grandson wanted to feed the ducks but I forgot to bring change for the

duck food machine.

He said, “I’m sorry ducks. I don’t have any money.

But I can sing you a song”

and he sang them Baby Mine.

April 2007

Fuji Finepix S5000

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I wish I could record, or at least remember,

all the dialogue that goes on while I'm taking

his picture. During this photo shoot, he picks

up a stick (photo, right) and says,

"I found a scorpion leg. Scorpions have legs like this."

Boys are found everywhere -- on top of,

underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from,

running around or jumping to. 

A boy is Truth with dirt on its face,

Beauty with a cut on its finger,

Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair

and the Hope of the future with a frog  in its pocket.

Alan Marshall Beck

I coach him some, "smile" - "look at grandma" -

 "I want to see your face, not the back of your head!"

But for the most part, I try to just let him be

and photograph the moment.

One time last summer '06 (he was 3), we were trying to decide where to go out to eat. My sister made a suggestion, and my cousin said "I concur." My grandson pipes up and says, "I can GRR harder!  GRR GRR GRR!"

One day, my grandson was eating toast and his mom asked if it was good, and he said, “Yes, it’s so delicious I can’t take my mouth off of it”.