Dave,You are welcome.Rich P.
On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 3:00:29 AM EDT, David Young
<dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Rich, both for looking and your comment.
I think what fascinated me most, was that Skyler had absolutely no concept that
you might actually have to focus a camera. Seeing things come in and out of
focus simply by twisting the focus ring was as good as a new video game!
But then, he was born into an age of digital, auto-focus, iPads and the
internet. He's never known anything else.
Perhaps that's why he found the old, film cameras so interesting.
Thanks again, for your most perceptive comment.
David.
David,------
What a heart warming story and portrait. His expression has no pretense.
It is straight from his soul. It brings to mind the
Crosby, Stills Nash and Young song, "Teach Your Children" the last to
lines to the lyrics being:
"Don't ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,"
So, look at them and sigh, and know they love you".
Best.
Rich Palmer
On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 10:30:44 AM EDT, David Young
<dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sunday, we had visitors... a woman we've known for years and her two
sons. We'd not seen them for about 8 years, so it was good to "catch
up".
The older son, Skyler, is a neat kid. Unfortunately he suffers from
many, many health problems from seizures to attention deficit disorder.
Now 15, his problems are so severe that when a child he was not expected
to live past 10. So he's doing well and plays both Basketball & Ice
Hockey, after school.
When he spotted my camera, he was fascinated, and we spent a pleasant
couple of hours playing with various old cameras. He liked the old
thread-mount Pentax cameras, and particularly liked the my old Beauty
Six folder - and the fact that it was one of only two surviving examples
known. No attention deficit there!
He told me he was starting "Media Arts" at school, but had been told he
could not take photos with his iPad... he must use a camera ...
something he could not understand. It must be a generational thing!
Long story short, I sent him home with an old Olympus T-10 P&S with
fresh batteries and a clean SD card. And a request that he email me
some of the pictures he takes with it.
So, my friends, meet Skyler...
http://www.furnfeather.ca/look/skyler.html
David.
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