Shadow Shutterbug
Chris has expressed disappointment recently in our three-year-old digital camera. It uses rechargeable NiMH batteries and even though we have very high capacity ones, the cycle time for the flash is longer than she would like. At her gymnastics meet, Katie had to stay on the podium with her arms up an inordinately long time while she waited for Chris to take a picture. Even after the delay, the picture didn’t take. That has happened more often recently that she would like.
Chris is an avid picture taker though. She scrapbooks too. She spent all of today mounting 19 cent shapshots on sheets of 3 dollar colored paper. And I spent the day entertaining the girls.
Three-year-old Claire has a camera too: a toy one that displays a rotating group of animal images in the viewfinder when you press the shutter button. This afternoon with it in hand, she ran around pretending to take pictures of her sisters.
After a series of shapshots, she lowered it from her face and announced to all who were listening: “missed it!”