Lovin' the Camera

I seem to have been blessed with what every mama photog dreams of; a baby who "loves the camera". However, there is a little problem with how my little lightning bug loves the camera. You see, most of the time, when you hear that expression used, it's meant to say that someone is a wonderful model and knows how to "work it". Of course my little guy does know how to do that, when he wants to, as he's had a camera pointed in his direction pretty much every day of his life since the moment of his birth (and even before that... now that I think about it - maternity sessions and such). But that's not the issue. You see, because he has seen the camera and he has this rather unhealthy fascination with all things button in nature, he loves the camera whenever I pull it out. In fact, he loves it so much that he really would rather be the photographer rather than the model. As such, this has presented a wee bit of a problem when trying to capture those cute little moments of life. Right now, it seems that most of his moments are captured as a scrunchy face and an outstretched hand (coupled with a rather insistent whine to indicate extreme need). His "finest" moments lately have looked a little like this:

And then it gets even more insistent (and no, he's not just constipated :)

(don't worry, that's just paint on his face left over from his first venture into using watercolours as an art medium)

Even a face-full of yummy food (again he seems to like to use it as a make-up product... I'm not too sure what that's all about), can't distract him.

And it really does interfere with the whole feel of things if we ever try and do a formal photoshoot, that's for sure:

Oh well, I guess I have to say that he comes by it honestly though and at least we know what Santa's bringing for Christmas this year ;) Just give him a camera and he's the happiest little guy on earth (hmmm... does that sound a bit like his mama? I wonder if it's genetic? I'll have to look into that...)

And hey, maybe we can look forward to some beautiful pictures from our little photographer in the future :)

Cheers!

lil' mama photog