Camera Envy

Some of you may know of my daughter's photography, so I thought I'd keep ya peeps in the loop. I hope this is not inappropriate, as it does say "Discuss anything on your mind. Just keep it clean!" as a General Discussion forum.

The Coolpix that Ximina bought recently met an untimely demise. Ximina's little sister threw it, and now it only takes black pics. Sad since she only had it for less than a year and only around 3K exposures on it. Her original Kodak still takes great pics, but I still haven't been able to loosen the mode dial, so she can't turn it on by herself as its too stiff now.

So, its back to the camera shop. She has two main criteria when choosing a camera: 1) a big screen and 2) small. Lo and behold, in the end small wins out and what does she choose?

Welp, here's a shot she took today (well, yesterday):

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What did she choose? Hope I don't get flamed. So I'll just say. Click here and check the EXIF:
http://www.pbase.com/ximina/image/39950472

Anyways, now I'm starting to have camera envy. Her camera peforms just as well as my T1, is smaller, has some really nice features, image is clean, and has plenty of detail. I'm thinking I should trade her my T1. But she actually chose her camera over the T1 at the store, so I don't think that's going to happen :/

Anyways, here are her galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/ximina

Is anyone actually interested in her photos? Or is it just me that thinks they are interesting? Lemme know if I should keep posting updates.

 

hans, man I'm gonna get banned now  

Steve I was wondering about that and this being "N" cafe and all. Didn't want to offend anyone. I'm wonding now if I get her Coolpix fixed, if she'll use it. But I must say that the shots are clean with plenty of detail.

The best thing about her photography IMHO, is her unique perspective. She's a "auto" type photographer, but she gets those shots that don't even cross my mind. I'm learning slowly though.

I looked for your bird post, but didn't see it. Where is it? I'd love to see it.

 

Hmm... You mean my digital darkroom? Nah, never enough computers. What I really need is a good monitor.

 

Gaye: Actually, I didn't teach her, she just picked it up on her own. My younger daugher doesn't even show the slightest interest in photography.

Ximina was shooting at 1. Sissy is almost 2. The other day, Sissy tok Ximina's camera and threw it, breaking it so it only takes black pics now. That's why we had to Ximina the new camera.

Ximina treasures photos, carrying them around carefully with her everywhere. Sissy crumples them up, chews on them and tears them to shreads.

We gave sissy a plastic toy camera to placate her, but she still jacks Ximina's camera when she thinks no one is looking, and then whacks it on the table top.

If you look at her 2003 gallery, there's a shot in there how it all started with Ximina... When Sissy plays along with Ximina, with her toy camera, she point.


Gordon: Actually, Ximina didn't break it, Sissy threw it and it broke. Hopefully we can get it fixed though. I'll post updates every once in a while though so that you'll be kept in the loop with her photography.

 

Thanks Peter! Yes, the "Road" was taken at the San Diego Wild Animal Park on a moving tram - I have difficulties getting off a clean shot myself.

She only picked up her camera the other day, so only the last few are from it. But some of her best images so far has been from the coolpix. She definately takes adantage of her equipment, though I'm not sure how since she doesnt read yet.

 

Hi Bill,

To address your points:
1) Oh, man, you haven't seen nothing yet. Whenever we go anywhere she always manages to pick the most expensive things. We go to stores, and what does she look at? The Fine Jewelry section - not the cheapie costume jewelry. Her Chrismas present costed more than the camera :/

2) Hehe... Actually she has quite similar tastes - if I didn't look at the label, I might have bought the same camera.

3) Actually, she's amazingly helpful. How many 3 yo have you seen that ask to "clean the fish tank" or "mop mop, vacumme vacumme?" Her little sister, on the other hand, now she's one that drives me crazy. Don't even get me started on that. Needless to say, you're absolutely right there.

I try to be as flexible as possible, while keeping the lines well drawn with my daughters. It's tough and I really respect "olf-fart" parents. Thanks for your kind comments.

I'm wondering too, how long she'll be interested in photography. I get the distinct feeling its not going away anytime soon, she's been shooting for since 2003.