Monday, March 16, 2009

Picture Impossible III

Photos of Abby will look like the above for the next year.  As soon as she sees the camera it's "baby, baby, baby" because she wants to see the baby, i.e. pictures of her on the camera.  When she doesn't see the camera she moves so fast everything is askew.  The above was taken with the setting of taking photos of motion with the little running man icon, apparently the little running man runs slow, because it is too slow of an exposure to catch Abby.
Note the painting behind her.  You ask, is that a strange deranged clown?  Why yes, yes it is.  My grandfather, James Leist Sr. was an accomplished painter.  His paintings were mostly in the style of Netherlandish landscapes and still lifes of the 17th and 18th century, but this painting, which is rumored to be a self-portrait I believe was not a favorite among the family.  It is not a "pretty" painting, but it reveals his sensitivity and acute observation of the world.

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