James Troi's Visual Diary

This portrait of Jason Fleming is in and of itself not an awesome work, that it was shot by his 2-year-old daughter however, is.

Too often I’ll hand my camera to one my nephews or my niece only to hear a parent tell them to put it down, it’s too expensive to play with.

That may be true to some extent but if I was overly worried about the equipment, that no way could I replace easily if  broken, I wouldn’t have handed it to the kids in the first place. I know they’ll take special care of it and I know they have fun taking photos.

I remember getting my little Kodak Flip Brownie II when I was a kid and how much fun it was to load my 110 film in the back, take the shots and get the film to the chemist for processing. And the the joy of seeing my photos in print. These days kids have it easier, the gratification of the shot is instant, the result showing right there on the LCD on the back of the unit.

Kids should be encouraged to take photos, they see the world in a different way.