Akira is lucky to have an aunt with your level of consideration and photo talent. Although he doesn't realize it yet, he has an advantage in being allowed to use a tool of the quality of the K10D. He appears eager to experiment and certainly worth some encouragement and an occasional nudge of guidance.
Jack --- On Sat, 10/25/08, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Photowalking with a Digital Native > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 10:59 PM > I had the most amazing experience today with my nephew > Akira: we went on > our first formal photowalk together. He carried the K10D > with the FA 50mm f > 1.4 & I carried the 20D with the 50mm macro 2.8. I > explained the concept, > put it on program, explained autofocus, set it to RAW , and > explained > photowalking to him: "Shoot whatever tickles your > fancy," I said, and off > we went (after, that is, I took an official > nose-behind-the-camera photog > shot of him). > > He'd already shot 45 pics in the 1st half block of our > walk. I quickly > switched to jpeg fearing he'd run out of memory card > space much sooner than > I had expected. He was amazing to watch: he buzzed around > like a bee > shooting whatever, indeed, tickled his fancy. He shot > confidently, > fearlessly, thoughtfully, and quickly. I never interfered. > I never told > him what to shoot or gave any suggestions. He soon wanted > to try dials and > buttons, and I showed him how. He tried for motion blur, > panning, he even, > without any prompting from me, decided to try some shots > while he spun round > and round, releasing the shutter. His eagerness to > experiment was > delightful to watch and made me realize I need to bring a > lot more play to > my photography. > > Anyway, I'd like to share 4 beauties he took. These > shots are all > off-camera, no rendering at all, not even any crop > adjustments. When I saw > the forth photo, I thought, "Oh, my gosh. My nephew > is channeling Godfrey" > :-). The 5th shot is his official Pentax Photog shot. > > > http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=871858 > > Comments/critique welcome and I'll pass them on to > Akira. > Big thanks and cheers, Christine > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
