Nice story. I once worked in a high school that had a basic photography class. One of the students that school year only had a 126 format camera while the rest had 35mm gear. She turned some interesting enlargements from that small format. She had a good eye for composing using the square format that some have difficulty with.
Jim A. > From: Craig Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 12:18:01 -0600 > To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: 110 Memories > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 13:18:00 -0500 > > My 23 year old daughter was reminding me of her first photography > experiences and it spurred some sentimental memories of some times long > past. I had bought her a little Pentax 110 system with all the gizmos > and lenses when she was about 9 years old. She was quite mature for her > age and was very careful with everything and had shown an interest in > doing darkroom room things at my side. What followed was an endless set > of projects of Barbie fashion pictures and lighting angles, posing and > such but all the time, teaching her some of the craft of photography. > After a few first rolls of 95% bad shots, she learned to be more > methodical and soon was getting a high percentage of keepers. > > She has wide-flung and varied interests these days, but her basic skills > at composition, understanding light and camera technique continue to > serve her well. She keeps a high grade P&S (sorry P fans...it's German) > with her on her travels and always seems to have very high quality > results. In fact, I'm sometimes frustrated at the small increment in > quality I gain over her with all of the gear, pods, meters, etc that I > obsess with. Anyway, having the little Pentax was a valuable episode > for her and though the 110 stuff has long since found a new home, will > continue to serve her. > >
