Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OH yes, smart and all that...I had my daughter in her high chair in the darkroom with me when she was only 9 months old...she loved seeing the light go on and off. And I'm not saying kids aren't savvy but who amongst us would hand their kid a Porsche without teaching them to drive first? There is a proper order to all things. Lea Pablo Kolodny wrote: > on 4/8/01 8:39 PM, Doug Herr at telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > > > > > > > lea wrote: > > > >> I'd get him an Olympus Stylus, 25 rolls of film with developing and some > >> photo > >> albums. That will encourage him to shoot. As the prints come back from the > >> lab, > >> sit down with him, put the pics in albums and talk about what worked and what > >> didn't. > >> > >> He'll learn far more this way than handing him a camera with buttons and > >> dials > >> that make no sense. > > > >> It all takes time. Don't rush it. For a kid, the joy is in the pictures, not > >> the > >> tools. > >> Lea > >> > > > > > > Lea, I agree moslty. There are some kids for whom the process is as > > important as > > the results (my younger daughter, for example). But I definitely would not > > sacrifice results for the sake of the process. > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > > I find that, at least most of the times, kids are very curious about the > magic from loading a roll film into a camera and up to processing it and > then enlarge...and I'm talking about kids ranging 8 and up... > My four year son enjoys looking at my cameras and he loves playing with his > Holga...a very cheap toy we gave to him to take him close with photo gear... > And more, he actually helps me develop my test strips at the darkroom. He > recognizes the emulsion side of the paper and love to share with me by the > safelights.... > That said, I'll understand that when he becomes a teen he use a Stylus > camera as a hammer on my head while asking for my Rolleis or Leicas.... > I'll let you know as soon as ...well, just 10 years or so... > Lea, let your daughter have the Stylus over a shelf, as a souvenir... > We should know that kids are like us: very keen, intelligent and smart but > in a smaller size. > > regards - -- Lea Murphy Whiny Dog Press 816-333-9111 Home: http://www.whinydogpress.com Newest: http://www.whinydogpress.com/new.html