Thursday, July 16, 2009

Gerry and the digital camera

The invention of the digital camera is something which is rightly hailed as a significant advance in camera technology. Particularly for parents.

As any parent will know, taking pictures of children is extremely difficult. Actually, let me rephrase that. Taking good pictures of children is extremely difficult. As a general rule, you have to take loads and loads of photos before you get a good one.

This is particularly true for Gerry as he is so aware of the camera now. As soon as he sees the camera, and even before you have pointed it at him, he starts to do this:



or this:


These are just some of the outtakes that we had to go through before we finally got to one we liked here:


Can you imagine trying to do that with the old film cameras? Can you picture how expensive it would be?

Of course, the other option is to try to catch him unawares. Unfortunately, although you can get some funny pictures, you have no guarantee of getting a good photo:


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