Build it and they will come

I've been playing with pieces for my first illustration and thinking about the squirrel and bird pictures.  They move with lightning speed and I don't-especially with a three month old in tow.  The window feeder is a convenient place to shoot birds while the baby sleeps but the birds are too quick for the delay of the digital camera and the squirrels are completely out of reach at the edge of the woods.  This morning I set up a feeding station behind the house within shooting distance of the bedroom window.  I'm hoping to be able to crack the window open and stick the lens out.  I'm also reverting back to film since the film camera is fast and the lens allows for more zoom.  It's supposed to rain later today and then the weekend begins so hopefully next Tuesday the squirrels will be out and hungry!

This is my very patient partner in crime Estella in the Bjorn this morning while I set up the squirrel station.