Re: Child prodigies

2003-01-02 Thread John Whicker
, I joined the local camera club and everyone insisted that I must learn the rule of thirds ... Tony - Original Message - From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Child prodigies And of course the textbook example

Re: Child prodigies

2003-01-02 Thread Mike Johnston
I was given my first camera in 1961 at the age of seven, had my first picture published at the age of eight, and was being published regularly by the time I was twelve, albeit in the local newspaper. Now, at 48, I am just another mediocre hack. What went wrong? Well, at the age of 16,

Re[2]: I have trouble with art was: Child prodigies

2003-01-02 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi Frank, I guess what I'm trying to say is that ~for me~ (and I know I may be alone here), You are not alone! I pretty much feel the same way, only perhaps more so. Even though I spend a fair amount of my time hanging around galleries and museums, reading books about composition, looking at

Child prodigies

2003-01-01 Thread Mike Johnston
Galen Rowell made the observation that although there are many child prodigies in music, there has not yet been one in photography. Oh but he's quite wrong. I interviewed one of them in Washington, a young black boy from the projects who was given a camera and some basic instructions through

Re: Child prodigies

2003-01-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Mike Johnston wrote: I interviewed one of them in Washington, a young black boy from the projects who was given a camera and some basic instructions Are you sure those basic instructions didn't violate the whole concept of shooting without rules? :-) Paul Stenquist