The Model And The Photographer

The other morning my daughter Ellie treated us to bagels and muffins for breakfast (she actually gets up early every Saturday morning and makes a trip to the local Dunkin' Donuts to retrieve these goodies for us, and she's usually back home before the rest of us even arise). I usually protest that it's not a very healthy breakfast for any of us and I lament how we're all going to get fatter, but that doesn't stop me from indulging every week!
This past Saturday my grandson Jayden, my daughter Ellie, and myself decided to eat our not-so-healthy breakfast outside because the weather was perfect. My husband was golfing and Jayden's Mommy (Katie) decided she'd rather not join us. So the three of us were settled outside for the morning feast. I decided to get the camera so that Grandpa and Mommy wouldn't have to miss out.

I started clicking away and at first I got this:



And I got this:




But then Jayden had just about enough of Grandma playing photographer and I got this:


I said to him, "Jayden, come on, can't you smile and pose nice for your old Grandma?"

In response I got, "Okay, Umma, you asked for it!"
And I got this:



And I got this:



A few days before that Jayden wanted to take some pictures, the camera is big, heavy, and expensive so I usually make sure to put the camera strap over his shoulders and I help him snap the pictures. This time he wanted to do it all by himself. "I can do it, I can do it, Umma, you'll see."

Well, at first he aimed a little too low and we got this:




Then he aimed a little too high and we got this:


Then he snapped what I thought were acceptably centered pictures:



But Jayden spotted a problem with one of his subjects. "Umma, she's not smiling!"

Okay, Grandma would go to work on getting Mia to smile.
And we got this:



"Okay, Jayden, that's enough now, you took a lot of pictures."

Surely he was satisfied?
"NO! I didn't want you in the picture, Umma, I only wanted her!"
(Grrrrrrr!!)
"And shape her like an 'L'."
(Huh?????)
"Jayden, how can I shape her like an 'L'?!"

Jayden poses himself with his arm straight out and says, "Like this!"

Okay, I pose Mia with her arm straight out according to Jayden's instructions on how to shape her like an 'L'.
And we got this:

To which Jayden said, "That's perfect!"

Eureka!!