Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan wrote: >I do involve him in the photography--I often take him with me on "expeditions" >and he also has his own P&S camera. And one of the reasons I started usi= ng >digital printing is that the children (I also have a 4-year old) can be around >me when I am manipulating pictures on the computer.>>>>>>> My younger daughter, now 10 years old, has become quite excited about our= expeditions. The trick is to tailor them to her attention span. We've visited a beaver pond, an owl's nest, and numerous other wildlife areas nearby. Even when she was 6 she could see the difference between = my Leitz Trinovid binocs and other brands (and she was holding the 10x40s= = steady). I bought a used N**** FG for the family to use; my wife and old= er daughter have decided it's too complicated and are using P&S cameras. = The FG, by default, is the younger daughter's camera. The little one is delighted with the FG and is equally comfortable with = her grandmother's N*****mat FT2, except for its weight; yet, after her Trinovid experience she recognizes that Daddy's cameras are the really = good ones. She knows what possesions of mine she wants when I pass on: the piano and the Leicas. She has to be in charge of the camera, not letting it make decisions for = her. She insists on knowing everything about how it works: the shutter, = aperture, viewing system, how different focal lengths affect the image = size. She can't just accept the fact that it works, she has to know all = about HOW and WHY it works. She drives me crazy and I love it. Ted wrote: >And that's why I say, there isn't anything greater than involving your >children in your "hobby" of photography, Leica or otherwise. Hell you don't >have to read articles on "bonding" to tell you how to get close to your= >kids, photography did it long before the word "bonding" meant anything more >than, "gluing something together!" :) Kelsey and I are inseperably glued together. Doug Herr