San Francisco Bay Sunrise at 65 MPH.
My 14 year old daughter Riley has been bitten by the photography bug. She demonstrates an innate perspective and in my humble (and highly biased!) opinion, she has a keen sense of creativity and has the "the eye" for composing an image although she has yet to take a photography class. For instance, while returning from a road trip to the Mt. Shasta area Riley was watching a DVD on her Mac PowerBook and when the movie ended she "focused" the PowerBook's camera on her fellow passengers and began snapping photos with a laptop computer! While the resulting images were not very good (methinks that had something to do with the uncooperative subjects) she sees outside of the box and I believe that is a positive characteristic of a potential photographer.
Riley is presently using a Fujifilm F10, a Canon PowerShot A520 and her LG KE850 Prada (2.0 megapixel!) mobile phone...as well as her Apple PowerBook. I am considering the purchase of a Pentax manual camera for her, ideally a Pentax ME Super, which she will use for introduction to photography classes. She will be then able to use all of my Pentax SMC manual glass! Perhaps a Pentax DSLR is also in her future but first things first, of which I believe a film introduction is vital in properly understanding the foundations of photography, especially pertaining to the mechanics of creating an image.
Riley spent pre-school, kindergarten and 1st grade in a Montessori school which I believe gave her a great foundation for the development of artistic and intellectual creativity, has served her well in Elementary, Middle and High school and hopefully throughout her life.
Enough proud pop talk, here are a few snapshots of her budding photographic portfolio :)
My 14 year old daughter Riley has been bitten by the photography bug. She demonstrates an innate perspective and in my humble (and highly biased!) opinion, she has a keen sense of creativity and has the "the eye" for composing an image although she has yet to take a photography class. For instance, while returning from a road trip to the Mt. Shasta area Riley was watching a DVD on her Mac PowerBook and when the movie ended she "focused" the PowerBook's camera on her fellow passengers and began snapping photos with a laptop computer! While the resulting images were not very good (methinks that had something to do with the uncooperative subjects) she sees outside of the box and I believe that is a positive characteristic of a potential photographer.
Riley is presently using a Fujifilm F10, a Canon PowerShot A520 and her LG KE850 Prada (2.0 megapixel!) mobile phone...as well as her Apple PowerBook. I am considering the purchase of a Pentax manual camera for her, ideally a Pentax ME Super, which she will use for introduction to photography classes. She will be then able to use all of my Pentax SMC manual glass! Perhaps a Pentax DSLR is also in her future but first things first, of which I believe a film introduction is vital in properly understanding the foundations of photography, especially pertaining to the mechanics of creating an image.
Riley spent pre-school, kindergarten and 1st grade in a Montessori school which I believe gave her a great foundation for the development of artistic and intellectual creativity, has served her well in Elementary, Middle and High school and hopefully throughout her life.
Enough proud pop talk, here are a few snapshots of her budding photographic portfolio :)
Crushed oyster shells and Converse shoes, Colonial Williamsburg, VA.
For people in the center of Washington D.C.
Changing of the Guards at Arlington National Cemetary, Washington D.C.
Three Servicemen Statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington D.C.
The Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington D.C.
Engraved Wall at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington D.C.
Final Resting Place, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
