Thankfully, I'm bless with 4 wonderful daughters. Being a family business and homeschoooled, they 'get' to help out in various ways: spending late nights in the office, traveling with us to enjoy time in a pool at the hotel in winter, and even tasks such as helping out in the booth or shooting.
And my third daughter, age 7- who excels at about everything (she's working math at or above a 4th grade level) - begged her older sister to let her shoot: (photo credit: CB) http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll83/UTHammy/Other/ANMRE-CMH-200.jpg
That's an 11lb camera, and she only weighs 55lbs! (yes, I'm working with her on keeping her other eye open)
Anyway, I had to share the joy of my 'little' ones following in my footsteps.
That pic of the little girl in the pink is insane!
Check out how she is using the entire length of her lens supporting hand to create the widest base possible, spreading the weight of the lens from her palm to her finger tips, which are also spread wide under the front element at the hood mount, in order to support the lens, while at the same time cupping her her hand to create a hollow for the focus ring to rotate, and placing her thumb on that focus ring to manually tune the focus.
Makes me think about those big burly sportsshooter guys worried about the pound ratings of their $300 gitzo monopods...
Hammy,
Four daughters? Yikes! I have four sons and two daughters.... The 2 girls almost drove my wife and me crazy. They are older now but it was a struggle at times. Hate to say it but, right around age 15 is when the transformation kicked in. Hope you have a better go at it. I see they are homeschooled and seem to be a pretty close knit family ..... so maybe the "outside influence" won't have to much of an effect on them. God Bless Ya!
those are great Hammy!
Hope you have a better go at it. I see they are homeschooled and seem to be a pretty close knit family ..... so maybe the "outside influence" won't have to much of an effect on them. God Bless Ya!