mural #21 - little darren and the egg basket by summerfield

mural #21 - little darren and the egg basket

let me introduce my six-year old grandson, darren oliver. the boy is such a ham.

he and his brother were staying with me this weekend and part of our routine on sunday mornings is to go for breakfast. we found this beautiful mural at a strip mall on the corner of warden and lawrence avenues. i wanted to show how massive this mural was so i asked little darren to stand beside the mural. i told him to pretend he's taking an egg from the basket. at first he was quite shy, but with enough prodding, he started to pose until he was really acting the part. it also happened that he was holding a piece of kleenex so that he looked like he was holding an egg on his left hand.

i also attempted to make a collage of my different shots (used two cameras so that the sizes aren't all the same) using picnik. the collage can be viewed at my other photo blog at http://one-photograph-a-day.blogspot.com/
Excellent shot! I thought he really was holding an egg!!
May 30th, 2011  
I love it! What a clever image, he is super cute too!
May 30th, 2011  
@meggageg - at first i thought so, too. but i knew he wasn't and i figured out in no time that it was the kleenex he was holding. thanks, meg.
@gailreese - thanks, gail. really, do you think he's super cute? well, casey's super cute, too. ;-)
May 30th, 2011  
You fooled me. I thought he had an egg as well! Great setup and very cute. I've been to this restaurant a few times. Good food!
May 30th, 2011  
@slang - thanks, sean. i took about 88 photographs today - of 2 murals, dew drops on leaves, stained glass windows of a church, a bass. but when i saw this one shot, i just know it's my photo of the day.
May 30th, 2011  
@slang - we will try that restaurant next time. thanks for the feedback.
May 30th, 2011  
@summerfield It's a wonderful feeling when you take a look at a shot and you just know. Awesome. :D
May 30th, 2011  
What a great street photo. Fantastic planning and timing.
May 30th, 2011  
Clever... makes a great pic.
May 30th, 2011  
Nice fun shot, he looks so cute!
May 30th, 2011  
@slang - thanks again.

@yoelao @steeler @samdan - thank you so much. everyone's comments make me strive to do better. much appreciated!
May 30th, 2011  
Great shot- cute model too.
May 30th, 2011  
Great set up! Keeper!
May 30th, 2011  
Lovely picture, lovely grandson :-)
May 30th, 2011  
@jannkc @sunnygreenwood @ilseal - thank you so much, ladies.
May 31st, 2011  
more fabulous urban art...with your cute grandson and a well thought out composition too. good work @summerfield!
May 31st, 2011  
@patticake - thank you so much, patti.
May 31st, 2011  
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