A Change of Attitude
There is a barn that is kinda-sorta-not-really-but-almost-maybe near our house that is one of my many obsessions. It was abandoned a long time ago, and is just now hitting that absolute perfect level of disrepair and dilapidation that makes for an amazing backdrop to photos. I have an exact photo lingering in my mind, and every once in a while Alexis and I stop so that I can try to get that exact photo.
The barn is probably going to fall over before I get that photo.
I can get this:
but if I try to move alongside the barn so that I can get that shot that is stuck in my brain, this happens:
The short person takes off running and then breaks into a crazy dance.
Once she gets bored of that, this starts to happen:
She has seriously never met a dandelion she didn't want to destroy.
Once the dandelions are gone, it's back to dancing:
It's hard not to get frustrated with all the shenanigans when all I really want is that shot. I can see it in my head and I want to see it in my viewfinder so bad. I've been trying to get it for over a year. It'll take less than two seconds to make it happen. All I need is for one certain short person to stand where I tell her to stand for just a moment. A very short moment.
Thank goodness Alexis has taught me to enjoy and cherish and make the most of the moments as they are given to me, rather than dwelling on how things aren't going the way I want. It's that sort of "Oh, hell, let's just dance then," attitude that leads to shots like this:
It's not that photo, but it'll do just fine.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Reader Comments (12)
absolutely stunning.
I swear you have the world's most photogenic daughter. It's a good thing you know how to use a camera.
love those eyes. And I love old barns too.
I'll meet you at the barn and you can get THAT photos of Emily. I never get the good ones that are in my head - not because she won't participate (God knows she loves a camera), but because in my head I am a better photographer than I am in reality ;)
I have the same problem visualizing the perfect shot and then actually getting the kiddos to sit for it. ;)
The first and third pics are my FAVS! :)
Love that dandelion picture.
Oh MAN! I know exactly what you mean! That happens to me all the time. I take Dylan somewhere, or set something up, with the idea for the perfect shot, and I never get what I see in my head.
Thanks for reminding how special small children are to be around!!!!
I still stare at these photos in pure wonder at how big she is!! Sheesh...
Beyond that...I believe that one day you'll get THAT photo...until then I'm happy with every 'just fine' photo in the bunch :D I'm sure you are too!!
She is going to kinda hate you (and then love you) when she gets to THOSE teen years and isn't able to say she isn't beautiful. You have way too much proof.
I know the photo of which you speak. But these are pretty darn good. Her eyes in that last one!
There's an abandoned barn near our house that I've wanted to photograph the kids by once K was walking but they just fixed the fence that WAS my way in and I don't see another way (to someone else's property). Grrrrr.... Don't really need trespassing charges on my record anyway. I guess.
dancing today...right now, right here in my office.
thanks for the reminder.