Passing it on to my Son

As far back as I can remember, my oldest son has always wanted to take pictures, I’ve usually let him. One of the deals I use to get him to sit still and behave during a portrait is the promise that he can take my picture at the end. Few if any of these have turned out, but seeing him finally get how to hold a camera the other day (one hand cradling the lens, the other on the shutter) makes me happy.

One day I got the idea to set up our old digital P&S for him to use.  He is loving it. One of the first things we did was go out at sunrise to a local park a few Sundays ago to take some nature shots during the morning golden hour. I don’t think I got many shot that were keepers, but we had a fun walking through the park. I finally pulled the images off his card, and this was one of them:

We were walking down the path to a meadow I’d ran by the prior morning and though would be a cool shot. He kept dropping back and snapping shots and this was one of them he got of me. Not technically perfect, but give the guy a break, he’s five. It probably is one of my favorite photos of the year, mainly for the memories it brings back.