The new 5D II firmware announcement was not the only good news I received yesterday. Upon arriving home last night, an excited family greeted me with "Did you see what came today?" I of course had not, but was promptly directed to the latest issue of "Nature Friend" magazine on the counter. The cover photo had been taken by my 10 year old daughter Brittany.
Nature Friend is a well-done kid's magazine (circulated to over 40 countries) that has very nice photos of and stories about nature. Each year, they have a "Reader's Issue" with selected reader-submitted photos on the front and back covers. Brittany spent a lot of her free time in the last year running around the property with her Canon Powershot S400 in hopes of capturing the cover photo (specifically) for this issue. Her dad is still in the disbelief phase, but here is her accomplishment:
Congrats Brittany - Dad's excited for you!
While we're on the topic of kids and photography ... The kids and I will quite frequently go shooting together. It gives us fun family time capturing images together and then again later reviewing what we've captured (when they also learn to improve their photos). The fun continues as the selects then become part of the screen saver slide show that often plays during meals and at other times.
The kids have been starting out with lower end Canon PowerShot point and shoot cameras and, as they prove themselves responsible, move up to better cameras - including the Canon EOS Rebel XS / 1000D. This little DSLR with a light IS lens is working very well for their small hands and relatively low strength. The kids are having fun and learning a worthwhile skill. And now Brittany is earning some $$.
Posted
May 27 2009, 12:15 PM
by
Bryan Carnathan