This is a favorite little trick Brian and I have a blast with. (I confess, we’ve had fun playing this trick on adults too. :)) Since most aren’t familiar with the mechanics of a big lense, you can ask them to look real hard and see if they see your eye inside the lense. The results are hilarious!

It goes something like this, “Blazey come here!! Quick, come over here and look at this!” (I’m sitting on the floor with the camera ready to go.) Brian gets real close to the camera with Blaze and says, “Look in the the lense and see if you can see mom’s eye! Can you see it? Her big eye is right there! Look REAL hard!”

This is what I shoot as Blazey looks deep into the lense trying to find my eye. 🙂

Then he looks even closer…

And then he starts to laugh, as if he realizes we’re joking with him! 🙂 I just love it!

Kids love this little exercise. They are often intrigued by the camera gear and wonder what’s going on inside that “thing” clicking away. When you have the family over this Christmas, try this exercise out on the kids. I guarantee you get some great results!

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