Teaching Kids About Photography
Oct 29th, 2007 by jeremy
Being that I enjoy photography, my kids have obviously taken an interest in dad’s hobby. I try to show them things to learn early how to take some better photos, but at times it is difficult to figure out what you can convey to their young minds that will make a difference while also not squashing their interest and creativity.
This topic came to mind as I read an article over at the Digital Photography School Blog titled 13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photography. They bring up some great points and ideas for helping those young ones begin to learn some ideas and skill to go along with their enthusiasm.
What I find, more than anything, is I like to feed my child’s interests with opportunity to experiment and enjoy themselves. Too often I want to help them take things “right” when I really need to step back and let them explore. If they are not going to break anything, what is the harm? This is especially true with digital photography. So what if they take 100 photos and you throw away 99 of them. You may get that 1 gem that you can print up and put on the fridge for them to be proud of.
Canon 40D, 17-55 EF-S, 1/125 at f/2.8 and 1000 ISO
Jeremy,
awwww very cute picture.
Thanks for sharing once again Great timing for the hoildays