Ansel Jackelope

Jack received a Fisher Price digital camera for his birthday from Nana and Papa and it has been a huge hit. You see, Jack is obsessed with looking at the pictures on our camera when we take them. Immediately upon taking one, he cries out "I need to see it!". In fact, this perfectly encapsulates this generation of toddler, introduced to digital gadgets at such a young age and wanting instant gratification. No film developing wait-time for them! (Of course, I was the polaroid instamatic generation so who am I to talk?)

So this camera is perfect because it makes a loud clicking sound, it takes an actual, (although grainy) picture and shows it on a tiny screen in the back and it is toddler-resistant. No, not against bacteria but against dropping it. He loves it. So he has been walking around with it for days and it's like he is shooting a photo essay of his life. He just snaps and snaps and snaps. So, without further ado, here is the first photoessay from the Jackelope (with extensive editing by Mama to remove all the solid black shots when the camera is pointed into his lap and the 100 pictures of the carpet in a variety of light treatments).

Picture at an angle






Mama, with dog emerging






Feet








Abstract of curtain

Closet in motion

Fan

More feet

and more feet (very popular shot with toddlers to point down)

Mama with Alex

Nana

Action shot

Daddy

Mama changing baby

Baby tooshy