Teach your children well...

Vonder · Sep 21, 2009

My 2 kids were born in Iowa City, Iowa, and a block or so from the hospital there's a camera store. On the day they were born I walked over there and got each of them a camera. My daughter got a Pentax ME Super and my son, a Ricoh KR Super II. This weekend they both got to play with them. They love pretending to be "daddy" and take pictures. Maybe some day I'll put film in the cameras.

Shot with a Nikon N90s (50mm f1.8AF D lens) on Fuji Acros

The problem is that my son's camera is missing the self-timer lever. Anyone know a source for Ricoh parts? I've pondered getting a junker camera on ebay but they are hard to find going for as little as I want to spend. All I want is one part...

c6h6o3 · Sep 21, 2009

They get spoiled early. My 13 yr. old daughter won't use anything other than my Hasselblad now. She considers anything smaller way beneath her. (but she also turns up her nose at digital photography, too, bless her heart.)

I told her that I'm getting ready to contact print some 8x10 negatives I shot of her last weekend and she wants to watch me as I do it. It won't be long before she's demanding a view camera.

Jeff Kubach · Sep 21, 2009

At least you started them in the right direction!

Jeff

nicefor88 · Sep 21, 2009

My son got my photo equipment in his hands before he could even walk. Now he uses a nikon d200 (yes, a bloody di...al) and even worse, he finds my Leica M6 an "ugly, bizarre, freaky, hard to use piece of....."
Now, what to do with such an ungrateful offspring?

EASmithV · Sep 21, 2009

nicefor88 said:
My son got my photo equipment in his hands before he could even walk. Now he uses a nikon d200 (yes, a bloody di...al) and even worse, he finds my Leica M6 an "ugly, bizarre, freaky, hard to use piece of....."
Now, what to do with such an ungrateful offspring?

GOOD LORD MAN, Teach your children some discipline!

daphne · Sep 21, 2009

I gave my son a cheap film camera on his fourth birthday. It included an underwater case so he could use it in the pool. He absolutely loves it. More importantly, he loves to go through the images in his photo album and remark on his work. Most of which is blurry. His faves are the ones that are black, red and yellow. I simple tell him what a good eye he has. He agrees. To him it's beautiful. He keeps begging for my one of my old cameras. I can't wait to see his expression when he sees the images he took come to life in the darkroom.

benjiboy · Sep 21, 2009

nicefor88 said:
My son got my photo equipment in his hands before he could even walk. Now he uses a nikon d200 (yes, a bloody di...al) and even worse, he finds my Leica M6 an "ugly, bizarre, freaky, hard to use piece of....."
Now, what to do with such an ungrateful offspring?

I know, I keep wrapping my sons sandwhiches in a road map, but they won't take the hint, at least they haven't any interest in photography, my gear is safe.

McFortner · Sep 21, 2009

While he has a 35mm now, 9 years ago when he was 2 I let my son play with a 126 camera....

Michael

Leighgion · Sep 21, 2009

Now, now, it's not good to try to live through your kids.

My nephew just turned 9 and I thought long and hard about giving him a Nikon Action Touch, but ultimately decided not to. He's just the kid who would shoot his entire roll of film with the lens cap on and minimum focusing distance is a concept he might understand, but most likely forget about every time. I wanted his first camera to be encouraging, not discouraging. Maybe later.

So yes, I gave him my digital Casio instead. He was thrilled. You may commence the crucifixion now.

bobwysiwyg · Sep 21, 2009

A group just set off to forage for lumber and nails.

rphenning · Sep 21, 2009

haha that last photo is epic McFortner

cooltouch · Sep 21, 2009

When my daughter was about 7yo, I gave her an Olympus 35mm P&S camera, and she had a lot of fun with it, taking pictures of the cat, and her friends, and herself, and other subjects I had no idea why or what, really. It got kinda expensive after a while, the way she would burn through rolls of film. Then she got very interested in art -- as in drawing and painting, and even computer art using Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop -- and she hasn't really looked back since. Now she's 18 and her camera (which is now a digital) is a convenience, something she uses to take occasional snapshots with.

Recently, I've been going through a lot of our old photos, and have been digitizing most of them. What I have found interesting about her early work is that every once in a while, she would hit an unintentional home run. I mean, a few of them are really good. The best of them all, IMO, is one that ended up being a self portrait of her with her mom in the background. The flash should have gone off, but didn't, which just added to the mood.

Kinda strange, lousy cropping, but I like it:

Michael

Vonder · Sep 21, 2009

Wow

cooltouch said:
Kinda strange, lousy cropping, but I like it:

Michael

Wow. That is an awesome shot. Kinda like my daughter getting a photo exhibited in our state fair. Was it a happy accident? Who knows. She saw the screen, the colors, and took the picture. Credit where credit is due.

PeterAM · Sep 21, 2009

My daughter got interested in photography when very young, by following me around. I got her a Pentax K1000 at about 12 or so (I had Pentax cameras) and started trying to teach her a bit. She got serious and that cost me a BA degree in Fine Arts (photo major) and an MFA in photography; throw in a Mamiya RZ67 and a few other bits. She's moved on to other things non-photograpic over time; good part now, is that she's shooting again (3 kids and a job slowed her down) and we sometimes shoot together. This week she's using my equipment to digitally print ten 16 X 24 pictures that will be hanging in a new restaurant.

It's nice when you can share an interest with your kids, no matter what the age is.

Kerik · Sep 21, 2009

My 15-year old daughter started platinum and gum at age 11 and wet plate at 14. She also does cyanotype, a little pinhole work and she found a Diana in a thrift store for $5 this summer. She has a digital camera too, of course. She is also assisting me in the darkroom and at my workshops. Watching and helping her explore all these techniques is just a blast for me. Here is one of her plates: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Leighgion · Sep 21, 2009

bobwysiwyg said:
A group just set off to forage for lumber and nails.

I'm partial to maple, but in a pinch beech will do.

Sirius Glass · Sep 21, 2009

Leighgion said:
I'm partial to maple, but in a pinch beech will do.

FYI: Termites and other insects do not eat redwood.

Steve

McFortner · Sep 21, 2009

Well, while my son loves shooting 35mm he's good with black and white film. That way I can buy it in bulk and develop it at home to save money.

Michael

oscura · Oct 31, 2009

Good morning everybody,

I m new on apug and i was searching for photos took by childs.

In fact i want to show to my childrens the world of analog photo but i don t know from where to begin.

I just found this thread but if you know another thread wich speaks about how to organise the first experience i would be very happy if you can send me a link.

Anyway childs are now not enough patient and i want to give them a chance to understand why people continu to love analog photo against digital picture... If they can see how is it magic and the happyness that we can have when we see the image coming up into the laboratory...

They have 7 and 10 years old and that s'why i think they are able to understand a little bit the process now.

Thanks in advance for your help

++

Oscura

Anscojohn · Oct 31, 2009

bobwysiwyg said:
A group just set off to forage for lumber and nails.

******
Pitchforks and torches, too.

johnnywalker · Oct 31, 2009

Someone else has gone to the chicken farm, while his buddy is scouting out places repairing tar roofs.

benjiboy · Oct 31, 2009

Somebody better watch out at Easter.

Vonder · Oct 31, 2009

Some learn quickly

Here's my son, age 2. He know how to wind, look through the viewfinder, release the shutter and open the back. And to say "say cheese" before every single shot.

lxdude · Oct 31, 2009

nicefor88 said:
My son got my photo equipment in his hands before he could even walk. Now he uses a nikon d200 (yes, a bloody di...al) and even worse, he finds my Leica M6 an "ugly, bizarre, freaky, hard to use piece of....."
Now, what to do with such an ungrateful offspring?

Disown him.

Fireguy2002 · Nov 1, 2009

So my wife and I were sitting outrside handing out candy tonight. I thought I'd try my hand at using a flash(haven't done that since I went analog). As kids come up, I ask the parent permission and snap a shot. The one I think I will be proud of is one of three kids who pose and teh youngest boys gets right up close. All out of focus. After the shot is taken, he leans over and says,
"Can I see?"
I figured the easiest way to not be there for hours was to tell him it was broken.

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