Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, One of the best shots of me was made by my 2 1/2 year old daugher. I gave her my Contax G2 - I know not leica, but it is af and such, and she got a good shot of me. She will pose for me then say, now i want to take a picture of you. Last week I took her down to the basement and showed her my dark room. She said "When I grow up I wanna be a man!" I asked her why and she said "So I can be like you." I told her that she could do all the things I do and be a woman, but a 2 year old has a hard time understanding the gender thing! It is fun being a parent and I have learned that I would rather spend time with her than working. I just turn down shoots to spend time doing fun stuff with her. Yes, I am making less money, but my life if far richer for the lost revenue. Please note I DO NOT reccomend giving a child a camera like a G2, unless you have a lot of money to spend. It is a really nice little camera, but way to expensive for a child to break. Ted Grant wrote >just let them expose film and have >fun doing it for the first few rolls. Then as the film is processed and >prints made, you can start with a few "technical and seeing" things. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto new book at http://www.volmania.com