

This morning I pondered the value of photography. I particularly pondered it in reference to Link. He has been spending hours per day immersed in video games. I believe that video games are an enjoyable and potentially valuable pastime, but anything taken to excess can be bad. Iapos;ve started placing time limits on Linkapos;s video game playing. This has left him at loose ends. I wanted to help him find something else he could enjoy. Then I remembered that he has enjoyed taking pictures and video. I realized that photography has the potential to be a very beneficial to Link. He has a marvelous eye for patterns, but sometimes struggles with fine motor coordination. He likes to participate by watching rather than being in the middle. I realized that if I hand him a camera, he suddenly has a way to participate in social events without feeling conspicuous and without having to do much conversing. No one expects the cameraman to be chatty and yet heapos;s obviously part of the event. Additionally, I have enough interest in photography myself that it can become an activity that Iapos;ll do with him and weapos;ll both enjoy.
In Utah there is a yearly contest called Reflections. All the school kids are encouraged to create works of art on a given theme. The art can be drawing, photography, sculpture, dance, film, photography, anything artsy really. This year the theme is "Wow." Today I spent some time with Link taking pictures of stuff that he thinks is cool. Howard and I bought a new camera a few weeks ago and it has really helped. We were able to capture pictures of individual drops of water as they fell from the faucet. Link got a very close-up shot of a fly that was smashed in the door frame. He also managed to catch the exact moment when Patch fell on his face while climbing the slide. After that Link took a fantastic close-up shot of me holding Patch. Link definitely has an eye for this. All the "wow" shots went into a particular folder on my computer. Weapos;ll take a few more in the next couple of days, then Iapos;ll print them in high resolution and let Link put together a collage.
In an effort to help us figure out how to take more cool pictures, I checked out some kidsapos; books on photography from the library. Hopefully theyapos;ll give us some fun ideas to try. Weapos;ll probably also spend some time playing with pictures in photoshop. I bet Link will like playing with filters.
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