Remember the Monochrome post from a few weeks ago?  Well, I had so much fun with my friends on our last blog carousel challenge that I thought I’d try again on this month’s theme:  FRAMED.

You know, if you look up the word ‘framed’ has quite the menagerie of meanings.   What is the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the word?  A picture frame?  Construction? (i.e.,  the framing of a building) A scene from Law & Order?  (like, ‘It wasn’t me…I was framed!’) To me, I think of it as composition.  Wherever I go, even if my camera is not in my hands, I’m framing what I see.  (Does it follow the rule of thirds, is it balanced, is there dynamic movement across the scene….)   I may or may not have even gone so far as to position the video monitor in such a way that it would display the most pleasing image of my sleeping baby.  Yes, I’m like that.  🙂

So, when I see children picking up a camera and composing with a camera I get all warm and fuzzy inside!    It’s amazing to watch as they frame their first image…and experience the thrill of capturing a scene.  This little angel was the perfect model for demonstrating just that.  The funny thing is…I was the one who was framed!  (thankfully there was no film in the camera….)

As I mentioned, there are sooo many different takes on the theme…click on over to New Jersey and New York City Baby, Child and Family Photographer Tara McGlinchey’s site for more framed fun!