Are your kids/grandkids interested in film?

[jp498]

My tween daughter derides black and white (which I use film for) as boring and lacking the VSCO / iPhone aesthetic that is cool to her.
My teenage daughter uses various digital cameras but doesn't see the need for film photography. Tastes need time to evolve. She sometimes converts digital photos to B&W and does a good job with those choices.

 

[Michel Hardy-Vallée]

Due to confinement, I've had to find home activities to do, and it was the moment I chose to restart the darkroom. My 5-year old has been helping with both B&W and colour.

Now it's a recurrent activity: he pushes the enlarger's switch, he shakes the trays, "judges" the correct exposure and contrast, and most importantly he pours water in and out of the beakers! He also helped me mix chemistry, label things, all sorts of little tasks.

I'm glad he likes the quiet moment in the orange glow, and the pleasure of just being around. That's also what I had with my dad in his darkroom.

 

[astroclimb]

My kids... not film but one is a fine photographer

My grandkids... about to find out in the next few weeks.

 

[138S]

I do my homework https://www.flickr.com/photos/125592977@N05/46463362194/

Now learning with the Norma 4x5". She needs a lader to operate the 138 enlarger, I may try to place a motor for the head elevation. I play extra care to use well safe chem and good ventilation when she is in the darkroom.

To teach her about metering first I gave her a dslr, using spot meter, auto mode, and AE Lock to select the exposure for the right spot in the scene. Later he had to use Manual mode and spot meter to balace exposure, now she uses that way to learn to expose slides. Slides are nice to learn to expose as they provide a direct feedback, next step (next summer) will be exposing-developing negative BW film under ZS.

No idea if she will shot analog in the future, but she will know how to make dry plates. For the moment I feel it's a good activity because it involves learning many concepts: some math, aesthetics, chem, optics, precision work...

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

daughter of 22 shoots her Rollelfex T regularly

 

[Ari]

My 9 y.o. is already adept at both taking photos with her Instax and rolling her eyes when I get her to sit for an 8x10.

 

[W_Taylor76]

My 13 year old daughter goes out with me and shoots b&w in an old Canon EOS Rebel. She likes the taking photos, but still thinks the developing part is boring. However, it is starting to grow on her. When we can get back into the local darkroom at the high school, she'll try her hand at printing. I think that will hook her.

 

[Ariston]

My 13 year old daughter goes out with me and shoots b&w in an old Canon EOS Rebel. She likes the taking photos, but still thinks the developing part is boring. However, it is starting to grow on her. When we can get back into the local darkroom at the high school, she'll try her hand at printing. I think that will hook her.

Does the high school let people from the community use the darkroom?

 

[W_Taylor76]

Does the high school let people from the community use the darkroom?

No, I am the photography teacher, so free access to a dark room since I have no room in my house.

 

[JWMster]

My grand daughter doesn't quite get it yet.
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I absolutely love this! Maybe it will text her settings to your camera?

BTW, gave my 33 year old daughter my old OM glass and an adapter to put it on the Fuji XE- (digital) I gave her some years back. Calling it a small victory as she uses them. Gave my son a digi-Nikon but he doesn't have time to haul it out and mostly uses his phone - as most of us do.

Grand dads and their cameras? What can I say? Best received gifts I've made have been color pinch books of photos I've printed in 8X 11 of them and their families. Maybe inspiration will eventually lead somewhere?

FWIW, I think the real battle here is less about film vs. digital and more about screen vs. print. YMMV.

 

[GKC]

My 19 year old son has a side hustle developing rolls of film for his pals. At $10 a roll for sleeved negs and a CD, he gets quite a bit of business,

 

[wiltw]

None of our kids even owns a camera other than what comes inside their smartphone! I would be surprised if any grandkids (ages 2-13) develop an interest in photography.

 

[removed account4]

I have 3 kids, they are all teens and none seem to be interested.

Now, he is all the sudden learning how to use my Speed Graphic (thank you, John!).

You're welcome
John