Comments on Fluffytek Art Blog: Say Cheese

I totally understand this, because I have been pai...

2008-07-05T08:02:00.000+01:00

I totally understand this, because I have been painfully shy my entire life, but when I am modeling I am not. it's great that she was able to find a creative outlet to express herself.

Lin, the picture of the kids is absolutely pricele...

2008-07-02T04:20:00.000+01:00

Lin, the picture of the kids is absolutely priceless! Thank you for sharing that image.

As far as coming out of shyness with a camera...have you considered it was because she had a role to play (I am the camera person) instead of having to be herself? I am guessing this could be the secret because acting, dancing, and modeling, or being the writer and interviewing people, all bring me out of shyness among strangers. I'm terrible at a party...I just want to hide!

I'm with bt. She could be the next great photographer. Look at her genetics!!!

For a time, a little more than a decade, i worked ...

2008-07-01T18:14:00.000+01:00

For a time, a little more than a decade, i worked for an aerospace company. i shot all of their marketing and training films, videos, and photo content. I found i was able to do things while shooting--stuff that normally would scare the crap out of me--as long as i had a camera affixed to my eye. For instance, I have a fear of heights. With that fear i didn't think i'd ever be brave enough to hang out a small airplane's doorway, secured only by a tether (the door had been removed), while flying at thousands of feet, without a camera to my eye. But i was able to do just that as long as my perspective on the world was through a camera's lens... and i did it quite a few times without experiencing much fear at all! I'm no shrink and certainly can't explain it but there's definitely something about viewing the world through a camera's eyepiece that conquers (or sets aside) many fears.

I was really shy as a kid and didn't really start ...

2008-07-01T02:36:00.000+01:00

I was really shy as a kid and didn't really start to socialize well until I was forced to by joining the air force. Now at 58 with years of experience and 25 years of retail and wholesale sales under the large belt. My wife says all you have to do is just say Hi to him, he'll take it from there.

Glad the little one is coming along. I bet with her new camera, just a little time and the fact of going to school will do a lot for her. Look at Linus, he carried a blanket for better than fifty years.

I tried to hide behind a camera once but I stuck way to far out in front an was quickly exposed.

Shame shame for thinking that. It was my fat belly. :)

Glad you were not seriously hurt in your accident.

I like a beer with my Vicodin.

D.L. Wood

This story really struck home with me because what...

2008-06-30T16:07:00.000+01:00

This story really struck home with me because what your daughter is experiencing is EXACTLY what originally attracted me to photography. When I had a camera in my hands, for the very first time in my life, I understood what I was supposed to do in a social situation. And hiding behind the camera is a very real comforting thing for someone uncomfortable with social interactions. You might have a future serious photographer on your hands there.

I'm shy also. Very shy, but I find that an intake...

2008-06-30T15:57:00.000+01:00

I'm shy also. Very shy, but I find that an intake of a goodly quantity of alcohol and I come out of my shell and talk to women.
I don't suppose there is a correlation here.
Nah!

I think most people need something to hide behind, be it sun glasses, a camera or clothes. And the further from the people we can distance ourselves the more open we become.
Just look at how people talk to one another on these evil machines where an almost inpenatrable barrier exists.

It was a great idea to give her the camera.
Keep an eye out when you down size her camera though. You will be reducing her shield.

Thanks BT. The indestructible kids' digital camera...

2008-06-30T13:33:00.000+01:00

Thanks BT. The indestructible kids' digital camera (in a vivid shade of pink) is already on Santa's shopping list :-)

Awesome...there are some inexpensive RUGGED digita...

2008-06-30T13:00:00.000+01:00

Awesome...there are some inexpensive RUGGED digital Point and Shoots on the market that can be droped, are water tight to certain depths that may be a perfect fit in her young future. Large LCD screen on the back allows for composition. Let her fill up the memory card...immediate satisfaction in seeing her photographs (with the help of Mom or Dad and the computer)may in fact plant the seeds of the next great photographer of the 21st century.

Please share some of her photographs with us...I love seeing what kids do.

cheers
bt