Hi Frank,
> I guess what I'm trying to say is that ~for me~ (and I know I may be alone
> here),
You are not alone! I pretty much feel the same way, only perhaps more
so. Even though I spend a fair amount of my time hanging around
galleries and museums, reading books about composition, looking at
> I was given my first camera in 1961 at the age of seven, had my first
> picture
> published at the age of eight, and was being published regularly by the time
> I was twelve, albeit in the local newspaper.
>
> Now, at 48, I am just another mediocre hack.
>
> What went wrong?
>
> Well, at the a
, I joined the local camera club and everyone insisted
that I must learn the "rule of thirds" ...
Tony
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: Child prodigie
Mike Johnston wrote:
>I interviewed one of them in Washington, a young
> black boy from the projects who was given a camera and some basic
> instructions
Are you sure those basic instructions didn't violate the whole concept
of shooting without rules? :-)
Paul Stenquist
> Galen Rowell made the observation that although there are many child
> prodigies in music, there has not yet been one in photography.
Oh but he's quite wrong. I interviewed one of them in Washington, a young
black boy from the projects who was given a camera and some basic
instructi
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