When I was little, I wasn’t the most careful child. There are numerous accounts of me losing things or accidentally breaking objects. For awhile, my family’s nickname for me was klutz.
As you all learned yesterday in our game ‘Guess Who’, my first camera was disposable. When I was 9, my older cousin received a digital camera for her birthday and after seeing how much fun it was, I wanted one too. I begged and pleaded with my parents for 6 months until finally it was my birthday. When I opened the present, I can’t say that my parents didn’t give me what I asked for. But instead of a nice digital camera like my cousin’s, I received a disposable one. I guess the joke was on me.
Although the camera probably cost my parents $10, it was a wonderful present. I used all 30 pictures on the film the first day and after, my parents continued to buy me more disposable ones. After seeing that I didn’t lose any of them, my parents took the risk and purchased a real digital camera for my 11th birthday.
I hope that parents will read this story to their children because I believe it is important for children to be active in photography. Photography is an activity that many believe is only for adults and those who have money and that is not true. Even if you can get your child a disposable camera, do it. The act of photography helps grow your child’s creative nature and teaches them valuable lessons like responsibility, just like me.
To wonderful children photographers,
Potomac Photographer Karalyn Kester
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