Too Quiet

While Clay has been at camp, I've noticed that Spencer and Allison have played very nicely together. Quietly.

Sometimes too quietly.

I had laundry, lots of laundry, to do. Way upstairs. While they played way downstairs in the basement playroom.

When I went to investigate, I caught them red-handed with my camera. Which they aren't supposed to touch.

Evidently, they have seen Bruce experimenting with his big camera and they wanted to try their hands at photography.

And the whole playroom became one giant prop (one giant mess!).

After shooting 142 pictures and draining the batteries completely, here are their highlights.

A little bit of practice with lighting. Notice the flashlight behind the stacked Tinker Toys, placed "just so" for proper back lighting.



A background setting. With most of their stuffed animals and Beanie Babies.



The accidental "butt" shot. Oops! Oh well. Great photographers always have their share of out takes.







Better clean up before mom finds out what we're up to. Uh-oh! How did that fall down?



Well, they got busted. And had to spend some time restoring order... but I let them keep it messy for a bit, because they were having so much fun.

But they did a good job cleaning up, too.