Through the Lens of Ethan......

Ethan is dying to be movie director someday.  He is constantly caring around a camera and "setting up shots" and arranging scenes for his movie.  He has a script he has written, a cast of characters that include most of his friends, and HUGE aspirations.  He wants to make and produce good quality Christian movies.

Like all kids (and adults alike) Ethan has some huge strengths.  He is very bright, creative, sweet and helpful.  But again, like all human beings, he has a few huge weaknesses too.  One of which is FOCUS!!!  That boy can build a computer from scratch but trying to  get him to focus on any given conversation, is like pulling teeth.  Now I am not saying this to hurt him.  He knows it's a weakness of his and he does truly try to work on it as well as any preteen can.

One thing he can truly focus on is photography and film making.  He seems to be truly gifted as this.  He has one a couple of  blue ribbons at photography competitions and really loves it.   I have often wondered are you good at something and that is what makes it interesting to you or are you interested and then you learn how to be good at it.  How do you know that movie making is something that you can be good at?  Maybe it starts with being bossy ?  Then I should be famous by now :)

I just wanted to share some of the random shots Ethan has taken over the past couple of months.  He had a contest he was going to enter and we missed the deadline with all of the foster care craziness that went on here in the months of February and March.  He has been understanding about all of that so I had to post them somewhere :)
Now these are not "finished" shots as Ethan says.  He has not Photoshopped them yet.  I still think they are fabulous.

Our backyard at sunrise

Ethan loves texture shots. 

I wanted to post a preview of his movie but he said it was not ready for preview yet :)