It’s Never Too Late to Start!
My mom is 71, and has been suffering with a broken foot for the last couple of months. She does spend some time online, and loves all things computer-related, though, so I’ve been sending her a few new computer and photo tips as I learn them.
This morning I got an email with this brilliant flower attached.
Dear Debbie,
I’m having so much fun that I can hardly stop to write to you. You introduced me to Flock and things have just snowballed from there. There is this really neat place to put up your pictures. I love it. I’ve been going through my pictures that I’ve taken this year and picking out the ones I like the best. I add them to the Photo Uploader and guess what? I can even crop off something that got in the edge that I didn’t want, or crop it smaller so you can see more detail. It is wonderful! (I’ll send you a link in about an hour)
You know, last night you showed me how to use the macro on my camera. I’d never done that before. I ran all over the house taking macro pictures of all kinds of things. You wouldn’t believe how much fun it was. I will send you a few and see what you think. My main purpose was to take a lot and “get a feel for what could be done” with the macro. Now that I’ve tried it, I can use it more discriminately, but it was really great to “find” a new area of photography. This summer I took lots of pictures of butterflies. Maybe next year I can get some of them with the macro – but then, maybe they won’t want me that close.
Cameras – even my little one- have so much potential for fun.
Enjoying life,
Mom
Just goes to show, its never the wrong timing to make photos a part of your lifestyle. Don’t be intimidated by the ‘Pros’ out there who love to talk camera-eze and make us little people feel uneducated. Photography is really all about recording and sharing how YOU view the world. Happy snapping!
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Gorgeous photo! What kind of camera was this photo taken with?
Just a simple Casio Exilim 7.2 pocket camera. A big “real” reflex camera is very nice, but it's amazing what you can do with a simple point and shoot.
now thats what I call spontaneous talent… fantastic story and a brilliant picture, reminds o f my grandma suddenly became artistic in her last few days and painted a wonderful picture.
my mom is 76 and takes pictures of anything she has asked for a digital camera for Christmas, is there any tips you would give as i no nothing about this kind of stuff, i spent to much time as a boy looking at photo's and so lost all interest then
Thanks! You made it super easy to post today.
I love the colours, particularly the rich red and it's contrast with the green.
Maybe I'll start using my camera for more than just taking pics of stuff to sell on eBay!
It's a beautiful photo, my mom is getting a digital camera for christmas.. she will soon be visiting your blog Debbie.