One of the most satisfying things I do is putting my camera in the hands of a child. My first mentee is now going into high school. I gave him my first entry level DSLR and he has taken some great photos. It also sparked creative editing on his part. We still get together and shoot occasionally. Good to start them young seeing the world in the unique way photography provides! I love this portrait too😊
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Thanks everyone. I was surprised by this child to be honest, he’s the last one I’d have guessed to be interested. I’m a big fan of facilitating a child’s interest, you never know where it might lead. He’s 7, any suggestions for mentoring very welcome!
@kartia I just think they are capable of understanding more than we think so you can talk about focus and exposure etc. I did find that Miles liked to photograph certain things so we would do that but I would always try to set up something different as well. He loved urban shooting but I encouraged portrait and landscape too. He also did video so that's a fun aspect to explore!
A budding 365er. My youngest grandson started to get interested in photography when he was 7 years old and I gave him my old Canon point and shoot camera to practice with. He is now 14 and a fabulous photographer with such a good eye for the unusual.
@onewing It's always interesting to see what they want to photograph isn't it? My eldest son's first photo was of a chocolate bar wrapper in the bin. It was a rare treat for him to have one and he was smitten!
Thanks everyone. I was surprised by this child to be honest, he’s the last one I’d have guessed to be interested. I’m a big fan of facilitating a child’s interest, you never know where it might lead. He’s 7, any suggestions for mentoring very welcome!
Thanks, by a window late afternoon in front of a hastily thrown up backdrop!