I let someone borrow my lenses and monopod
Jul 26, 2019 17:06:45 #
Our church has VBS this week and a girl arrived with her mother's camera and told to get the group pictures. Every year she prints these and gives one to each kid who attends. I am the unofficial/official photographer for all the church activities and normally do the group pictures and so it surprised me she would send her daughter to do them. The girl asked me for advice on doing the group pictures so I did what was for me a humbling thing.
I asked her if I could do them with her and show her how to pose groups. She said yes. Then I asked if she would like to borrow my lens and flash that I used for group pictures and she said yes. There is limited space for one of the pictures so had my a 17-40 f4. Basically I posed the groups around different theme displays and she used her mother's camera and my 17-40 and flash to take the pictures. She had a lot of fun.
Then I asked her if she would like to try out my 70-200 and the monopod and she said yes. So I showed her how to use them and she walked around taking the pictures she wanted, and we met up later.
What was so cool about this is how excited she was to use the equipment. And that made it fun for me to spend some time mentoring her and sharing my equipment. I asked her if she noticed a difference in the quality of the pictures, she smiled and said the pictures are a lot better using professional stuff.
We produce a new slide show of each day, and this is shown to the the kids before the beginning activities the next day. What was humbling for me is that normally my pictures are shown, and I had to share that 'moment' as about half the pictures shown were hers and half were mine. A lot of her pictures were very good.
The take away for me is that there are young people who are going to carry on with big cameras and lenses because they enjoy using professional equipment. And I gained a new sense of enjoyment as we did these slide shows together, and a young person had an experience that she wouldn't have had otherwise.
And her mother. Her mother thanked me for helping her. I told her to hold off on that until she sees what is probably going to be on her daughter's Christmas list.
I asked her if I could do them with her and show her how to pose groups. She said yes. Then I asked if she would like to borrow my lens and flash that I used for group pictures and she said yes. There is limited space for one of the pictures so had my a 17-40 f4. Basically I posed the groups around different theme displays and she used her mother's camera and my 17-40 and flash to take the pictures. She had a lot of fun.
Then I asked her if she would like to try out my 70-200 and the monopod and she said yes. So I showed her how to use them and she walked around taking the pictures she wanted, and we met up later.
What was so cool about this is how excited she was to use the equipment. And that made it fun for me to spend some time mentoring her and sharing my equipment. I asked her if she noticed a difference in the quality of the pictures, she smiled and said the pictures are a lot better using professional stuff.
We produce a new slide show of each day, and this is shown to the the kids before the beginning activities the next day. What was humbling for me is that normally my pictures are shown, and I had to share that 'moment' as about half the pictures shown were hers and half were mine. A lot of her pictures were very good.
The take away for me is that there are young people who are going to carry on with big cameras and lenses because they enjoy using professional equipment. And I gained a new sense of enjoyment as we did these slide shows together, and a young person had an experience that she wouldn't have had otherwise.
And her mother. Her mother thanked me for helping her. I told her to hold off on that until she sees what is probably going to be on her daughter's Christmas list.
She enjoys photography
So I let her borrow my monopod
And my 70-200 2.8 lens
She photographed kids blowing bubbles
and older kids doing sports activities
Jul 26, 2019 17:10:58 #
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Jul 26, 2019 17:27:10 #
rick_n_wv
Loc: Charleston WV
That is an awesome experience, for both her and you. Thanks for doing that.
Jul 26, 2019 17:30:35 #
Jul 26, 2019 17:31:18 #
rjaywallace wrote:
Clearly this was a worthy enterprise for both of you. Well done, Jim!
Jul 26, 2019 17:39:25 #
Jul 26, 2019 18:47:18 #
Excellent mentoring! In the ham radio world, we call this “elmering”, and it is part of our tradition. We all need to be doing the same thing in photography to insure that we have a crop of upcoming pros that appreciate fine equipment and know how to use it. Kudos!
Jul 26, 2019 18:54:15 #
jim quist wrote:
I admire your mentoring and teaching and support of this youngster.MO is the show me state and you live up to that sloganOur church has VBS this week and a girl arrived wi... (show quote)
Jul 26, 2019 19:57:26 #
Jim, I think you might be in the same “near geezer” generation as I am. Although we are far from the end of our creative output, we are at the point where our most important legacy is the inspiration and advice we provide to the younger generations.
Well done, you!
Andy
Well done, you!
Andy
Jul 26, 2019 20:37:44 #
Jul 27, 2019 05:23:49 #
Who knows? You may have just planted the seeds of creativity in the nextAnnie Liebowitz. Good on you!
Jul 27, 2019 05:36:14 #
cmc4214
Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania
Good to see a young person take an interest, and an adult take the time to helpJul 27, 2019 05:37:56 #
A truly selfless deed. A wonderful example of a senior giving time to encourage juniors.
Jul 27, 2019 05:51:24 #
I too, am finding great enjoyment in a project our club has started with a local charity branch.
At the current time we are still using their phone cameras and we are concentrating on better composition etc.
Some of them are tough nuts to crack but we are making some progress.
Good work.
At the current time we are still using their phone cameras and we are concentrating on better composition etc.
Some of them are tough nuts to crack but we are making some progress.
Good work.
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