The Photographer

Today Lilly had her first chance to use the camera she received for Christmas out in the wild.  Below are the results of her first ever photo shoot.

Shot number one.  Lilly found this handsome fellow in the parking lot.  I'm not sure who he is but I'm assuming he's a model of some sort.

Next Lilly saw a particularly nice hole in the parking lot fence.  Notice her dramatic usage of composition and lighting to bring the hole to life.

 Next up was a piece of plumbing that happened to be her favorite color.  It was pink, what more needs to be said?

We must have been followed around by a modeling group hoping for some headshots because the next thing we knew Lilly was taking photos of these fine looking people as well as their poofy headed offspring.

 Next Lilly captured these fine things that just happened to be the particular shade of yellow held in high regard by her mother.

 Who could go to the park with a camera without getting at least one duck picture?

 Next up was another family shot of the model mentioned earlier as well as the poofy headed offspring.

Again, this traveling pack of models just wouldn't leave us alone.  They forced Lilly to take yet another photo of them and their poofy headed little one.

All in all, not bad for a four year old :)

Trotting Like A Turkey

This Thanksgiving Lilly and I started what we hope is a new family tradition.  For the last several years a local running group has put on the Oly Trot, a 4 mile road race on Thanksgiving morning.  This year Lilly and I decided to take on the vaunted "Tot Trot" version of the race.  We took our preparations very seriously, as seen by the photo below.

With our support staff in place it was almost time to line up to begin the race.

An finally we were off!  With only a couple stops to chit chat we powered through to the finish.

It was quite a challenge, but well worth it as according to Lilly, despite a few folks in front of us, we definitely won.

Mt. Rainier

Today we decided to take a family trip up to Paradise and spend some time on the trails.  One uneventful drive and 45 minutes of searching for a parking space later we were at the trail-head and read to explore.

Soon we were working on way up towards the skyline trail.  Lilly always in the lead and Camille keeping herself entertained with the back of my head.

After a half mile or so we climbed up to a bit of fog but being the hardcore hikers we are we endured the mistiness and continued our accent.

Finally we broke out of the fog and right into the face of the mountain.  We stopped for a few pictures and enjoyed the view.

I think we may have finally found an activity that actually wears Lilly out.  There may be a lot of hiking in our future.

After a unusually quite ride home and a quick stop for some ice cream we were back home.

Photographer Jr.

The other day we entrusted Lilly with our little point and shoot camera for the duration of our car ride down to the Olympia Farmers' Market. See below for the results.

The first step out of the door.  If still photos came with audio you'd hear me gently advising her to stop goofing around with the camera already and pay attention to where she was walking :)

And we're in the car.  Apparently Camille thinks the camera is edible and wants some.

 

What's the first thing to do when you've finally gotten buckled in to your carseat.  A self portrait of course.

 

Success!

 

Camille still not quite in the mood to have her photo taken.

Camille still not quite in the posing mood

The camera survived and Lilly had a lot of fun so all was well.