Bravo Bob,
Those are exactly my thoughts! What's the old saying, "you can
lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink".
James
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>Luddites, Techno-Weenies every one of us!
>
>Introduce the child to the thrill of caputuring the moment in
time.
>Intorduce them to caputuring the wonders of the world around
them. When they
>learn to enjoy that, they will have the motivation to get all
the important
>'principles of photography'.
>
>When my 22 year old son was 4 or 5, I took him to Helix in downtown
Chicago.
>They were having a big sale on autofocus cameras and I sat him
on the counter
>and bought him a TEC 55?, a $45 Vivitar autofocus point-n-shoot.
The
>salesman had a rather quizical look on his face, like you can't
really mean
>to do this can you? I did the same with my other 2 kids and
my 16 year old
>daughter's eye is probably the best of them all.
>
>All three of them can handle a Super Program and capture good
images, well
>exposed, well focused, and well composed. Two of the three
enjoy doing it
>for themselves. We'll see where it goes later in their lives.
>
>Technique you can teach, art and enjoyment are more difficult!
<g>
>
>Regards, Bob S.
>
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><< get him the k-1000! it's nothing to do with what you want;
it's
everything to do with teaching youngsters the principles of
photography. >>
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