After giving it a considerable amount of thought, I have just allowed my son Sam, who is almost 12 to join 365. At the moment he is talking about ideas for photographs non-stop which is really exciting. I am helping him with a little bit of editing (cropping and lighting mainly, but he has had a little go with the clone stamp tool too, which he loved.) Unfortunately he is unsatisfied with my old compact camera which means he has to borrow mine which is a little bit frustrating when I want to use it!
Below is his first picture.
I was wondering whether anybody knows of any other young people who do the project so he can follow them and they can hopefully follow him. I think it would be interesting for him to see the world through other youngsters' eyes.
I love Sarah @tigervolleyball and Rebecca @honeybees. They are both very talented. Looks like a new camera might be in your future!! Good luck to your son!
On another note, don't let him be unsatisfied with the compact, tell him using a compact to start his project lets him study composition, light and other formal things, without worrying about settings on the camera. You can learn a lot on the simple cameras and then when you progress to an SLR things make more sense. Also consider getting him a super cheap film camera off ebay as that is cool and interesting for kids!
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@chewyteeth Cool and interesting for kids? I got me one last night for 7 quid and literally jumped with joy. Its a 35 mm and apparently they are really hard to get good pictures out of. Can not wait for the challenge!
Thank you all so much for your suggestions - I had no idea there were so many young people on here. My son has had a look at some of them and I am sure he will follow lots of them when he has chance to catch up with this thread.
I must say tho, I am starting to regret my decision to let him join. We found 3 grass snakes in our garden today and the photo he took of them was better than mine........
@dishaparekh176
a 35mm compact camera is simple enough that a monkey in a coma can use one, my 10 year old nephew often takes great photos with one. What did you get for £7?
Working in a school I have a particular empathy with children joining in - I follow two young ladies who are 14 and Sam who is 'going to be a junior' - all their stuff is worth a look and encouraging. Good luck to your Sam - looks like he is off to a flying start!
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Natalie (@natalar) (from England)
Emily (@emilymarieley) (from the States)
Sam A. Feldstein (@sfeldphotos) (from the States)
@dishaparekh176
sorry I only just made the effort to look at your project, and you're in my city!!
if you live near an asda maybe they have a photo developing lab, as asda are the cheapest £2.86 for developing and scanning to disc. You'll have great fun, its like the only film camera I don't have/have had. will you post your pics here? Did you see i have a lot of film pics, and also a gang of people on here use film almost permanently now, search film-lives in the box above if you don't already know. ;)
@chewyteeth Haha yeah I went through yours and the magazine looks interesting. I might save up and get myself a copy soon! And yes, I have heard a lot about the 365 film club. I hope I get interesting enough photos out of this to post on here. I'm getting increasingly bored of what I'm doing now so maybe film will make me diversify my subjects. I can see myself becoming a film junkie soon. Thanks for the ASDA tip, I'll let you know how the shooting/developing is going :)
@dishaparekh176
you should, I'll check back too. The film kids are reducing at the moment, I think maybe the site doesn't satisfy them. On 365 you're either shooting with the latest camera and wowing everyone with the super-pixels and shooting outragously clear pictures of a drip of water hitting a glass of milk at super quality, or you're posting for your own satisfaction and catching up with a few friends. Film will make you happy but it won't get you on the popular page. I'm sure your results will be great, I look forward to seeing them.
@chewyteeth Being popular is over rated. I'm sure the flowers/ insect macros/ and sunsets disagree. I just don't want to settle into that kind of photography. Maybe pursue a few photojournalistic skills, which I think film will bring out more than my DSLR does. In a month, when I'm done with exams, I'm bringing some film mojo to the PP. That is just how I 'roll'. See what I did there? Haha. Look forward to your work. x
I follow Karuna who is 14 - has some lovely pictures so far! @agavegirl13 I also follow a few more younsters - but I don't always think of them as young so I will have to go back and look at their profiles!
I don't see that anyone has mentioned @greekdaniel yet. I'm not sure of his exact age, but he's got some great natural talent and has been on the PP several times.
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She took this shot in february and I included it in my project!
http://365project.org/tandem02/365/2012-02-20
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Here is one of @hazman pics
here's the link to his project: http://365project.org/cogs/365
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I must say tho, I am starting to regret my decision to let him join. We found 3 grass snakes in our garden today and the photo he took of them was better than mine........
a 35mm compact camera is simple enough that a monkey in a coma can use one, my 10 year old nephew often takes great photos with one. What did you get for £7?
Check out...
Natalie (@natalar) (from England)
Emily (@emilymarieley) (from the States)
Sam A. Feldstein (@sfeldphotos) (from the States)
for £7, geez, thats about £30 less than lomography wants it to sell for, well found.
its a breeze, shoot away!
sorry I only just made the effort to look at your project, and you're in my city!!
if you live near an asda maybe they have a photo developing lab, as asda are the cheapest £2.86 for developing and scanning to disc. You'll have great fun, its like the only film camera I don't have/have had. will you post your pics here? Did you see i have a lot of film pics, and also a gang of people on here use film almost permanently now, search film-lives in the box above if you don't already know. ;)
you should, I'll check back too. The film kids are reducing at the moment, I think maybe the site doesn't satisfy them. On 365 you're either shooting with the latest camera and wowing everyone with the super-pixels and shooting outragously clear pictures of a drip of water hitting a glass of milk at super quality, or you're posting for your own satisfaction and catching up with a few friends. Film will make you happy but it won't get you on the popular page. I'm sure your results will be great, I look forward to seeing them.
Rachel is a student of mine (headed to 5th grade) who does the project. He may want to check out her pics.