I'm a photographer by nature.
Years ago I had a dark room in my house
and developed my own black & white film.
It was additive & artsy.
I think I've kept every camera I've ever owned.
My favorite for many years was my Canon AE1;
metal body, lots of lenses, durable & heavy for backpacking,
however, it took amazing pictures.
For my September birthday my family surprised with me....
A new Lytro camera!!
The first thing you notice is it's shape.
It's square! And short! And lightweight!
William calls it a telescope & that's a fair comment.
The lens cap is magnetic so it snaps off & on.
There's no visible buttons rather just a little indentation
to snap photos & a very subtle raised texture for zoom
& refocusing.
Here's a picture of Cokie Rue our golden-doodle.
Photo by Will.
A photo of the birthday girl.
Photo by Will.
Pretty great pictures for an 8 year old!
I think the size & easy handling of this camera are a
good fit for kids. Hopefully, I'll get to use it too!
I love your new camera! I so want one -- but I received a lomo camera a while ago that's still in its box, so even I can't make a case for another camera.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a B&W darkroom too. Well a temporary one, in the long narrow bathroom of a long-ago apartment. The "black-out" curtain was a vinyl panel attached to the window frame with Velcro and the developing baths were on a long bench alongside the bathtub. Watching the images float up out of the developer in the red light is the closest thing to magic that I know.