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Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
Getting Ready to Custom-Paint Some Shirts

In the “Loose Tooth” post a couple of weeks ago, Anthony was wearing a T-Shirt he'd made with his Aunt Natalie. Natalie is an elementary-school art teacher, so is always full of fun ideas for kids. For the conflagration of cousins earlier this month, where all my folks' six grandkids got together for the first time, she made up personalized aprons for the kids, got blank T-shirts and fabric paint and stuff, and had an event the kids loved.

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos
Initial Instruction
painting a Teddy-bear-shaped sponge

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 52 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 220 — map & image data — nearby photos
Painting Solo

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 58 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 220 — map & image data — nearby photos
Round One
Anthony and Josh went first; siblings Grace and Luke later

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 48 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Successful Stamp
and a bit of dribble

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
Aunt-Assisted Stamp

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Happy With the Result

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/800 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shirt Factory

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
S

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 66 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/4.5, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Artistic License

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 44 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Details

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — ¹/640 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Grace Gives “R” Her Careful Attention

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
Happy With the Result

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 60 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Luke Gets a Helping Hand(s)

Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — ¹/400 sec, f/5, ISO 640 — map & image data — nearby photos

The letter stamps were actually pretty difficult to use, because (for reasons I can't quite imagine) the letter's mirror-image was shown on the back of the stamp, so with some letters you had to really think to overpower your brain's innate desire to see the letter properly. For Anthony it was an issue for only “N” (the others are all reflexive across the vertical axis), but when he got to it, I really had to check and double-check and visualize how the ink was going to be laid down.

We let the paint dry for a day or two, and then they could wear them, and they all loved them. Thanks Aunt Natalie!