very impressed by the framing in this photo my 7-year-old took using an olympus point and shoot i got for him a little bit ago
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This is a challenging shot! So hard to get the full sculpture in frame. Congrats to big 7!
aug 1, 2025, 9:11 pm • 0 0 • view
in my mind there is a 7 yr old standing in front of this statue with his arms folded, looking onward <3
aug 1, 2025, 7:36 pm • 0 0 • view
Nice rule of thirds there.
aug 1, 2025, 11:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Wow! He has a natural eye for composition!
aug 1, 2025, 7:58 pm • 2 0 • view
you might have a natural on your hands
aug 1, 2025, 11:30 pm • 0 0 • view
For me, the Tidal Basin feels like a peaceful progressive enclave. A good break from the martial monuments around Lincoln. Some of the walk is torn up right now between Jefferson and Roosevelt memorials. It looks like it will be a great improvement for an area that used to flood regularly.
aug 2, 2025, 3:23 pm • 0 0 • view
Excellent photo! 👏👏
aug 1, 2025, 9:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Composition is a disappearing art in the age of zero cost digital photos. Back when each click cost over a dollar, it was valuable.
aug 1, 2025, 7:14 pm • 0 0 • view
This is a great photo! I love photos taken by young children because they’re short and their camera is angled up so their photos have a cool, interesting look and feel.
aug 2, 2025, 2:31 am • 0 0 • view
It’s the eye, not the camera Good for him!
aug 1, 2025, 11:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Proud papa! You taught him well.
aug 1, 2025, 11:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Great shot…Great man🙌🏼🇨🇦🙌🏼
aug 2, 2025, 4:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Excellent photo of a great monument. 👏👏👏
aug 1, 2025, 7:46 pm • 0 0 • view
That’s a great photo shoot! Encourage him to pursue photography!
aug 1, 2025, 9:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Tell Him great job
aug 2, 2025, 5:13 pm • 1 0 • view
I always feel like Dr King in that statue looks like he’s had it with our shit and is coming out of there.
aug 2, 2025, 5:14 pm • 3 0 • view
Well, I can’t unsee that!
aug 2, 2025, 6:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Please read in James Baldwin's voice: "Well, just a bit more and he would be completely blocking the right, looks good to me!"
aug 1, 2025, 8:30 pm • 0 0 • view
Link to the camera if you got time plz
aug 1, 2025, 7:13 pm • 0 0 • view
I dont think many are comprehending the natural talent involved with a point and shoot when they are comparing it to their smart phone photos Your 7-year-old has a knack for it, for sure!
aug 1, 2025, 9:13 pm • 0 0 • view
love the subtle vacation suggestion, too 🤭
aug 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Very talented.
aug 2, 2025, 4:52 pm • 0 0 • view
You have a budding photographer on your hands!
aug 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Save it for posterity as it will have tRump's head placed on it very soon.
aug 1, 2025, 8:06 pm • 0 0 • view
That's some serious skill and a good eye! Wish he'd been around a few weeks ago when I took a terrible picture of my wife and kids there. 😂
aug 1, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
That could be a postcard.
aug 1, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Great eye for a little guy. Nice too that one can take hundreds of digital shots without exorbitant processing fees.
aug 2, 2025, 6:26 am • 0 0 • view
💙 💙 💙
aug 1, 2025, 10:52 pm • 0 0 • view
hell yeah composition goes crazy
aug 1, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Alt text please
aug 1, 2025, 11:21 pm • 0 0 • view
It's the perspective that makes this so nice. He did a great job.
aug 2, 2025, 5:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Elite tier parenting brag (complimentary)
aug 1, 2025, 7:31 pm • 0 0 • view
Your son has a good eye for photography.
aug 1, 2025, 7:32 pm • 0 0 • view
Your 7 year old has real talent. Well done.
aug 1, 2025, 10:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Great shot by your kiddo. Because I am a completely broken inside now, I thought to myself "Bet he (Trump) goes all Bamiyan Buddha on it before this is all over". But anyways, great pic.
aug 1, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
That is some very strong 1/3 composition there. Well done.
aug 2, 2025, 12:23 am • 0 0 • view
omg adorable
aug 1, 2025, 8:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Nice shot.
aug 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Kid's got an eye!
aug 1, 2025, 7:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Reminds me of the 110mm camera I got as a kid. I proceeded to take photos of my uncle where his head was in the lower third of the frame. I guess I was more interested in … wall. Also I find it funny I remember this nearly 40 years later. The 7yo is way ahead of my curve.😆
aug 2, 2025, 2:37 am • 0 0 • view
Solid rule of 3rds
aug 1, 2025, 8:15 pm • 0 0 • view
well done!
aug 1, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Impressive skills
aug 1, 2025, 8:09 pm • 4 0 • view
One of the best things my Dad did for me was buy me a camera when I was seven. It helped me look at the world around me a little more closely and pay attention to what I was seeing. It’s a wonderful photograph.
aug 1, 2025, 7:14 pm • 1 0 • view
I hope it will be looked back on fondly in the years to come. For those who know and love us, the experiences we share with them will be cherished for their entire lives. God Bless you and your son. For others who might read this, don’t let these moments pass. Time goes by swiftly.
aug 2, 2025, 5:45 pm • 0 0 • view
This kid is nailing the rule of thirds
aug 1, 2025, 7:13 pm • 65 2 • view
Also love how the figure is off to the right (as I look at it) but facing to the left. Symbolism, it’s a thing!
aug 2, 2025, 12:02 am • 2 0 • view
Beautifully!
aug 2, 2025, 4:32 am • 0 0 • view
Wow, A+ rule of thirds!
aug 1, 2025, 7:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Future photojournalist…..
aug 1, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
This is such a beautiful sculpture.
aug 1, 2025, 9:23 pm • 2 0 • view
Awesome job!!! Awesome subject!!!
aug 2, 2025, 4:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Framing AND Lighting! Nice photograph. My photography teacher in 7 and 8th grade was a WW2 vet. He taught us on wind your own film cameras, taught us the dark room, hated the new "auto-focus" cameras. I learned so much, and the phrase that stands out is,
aug 1, 2025, 8:38 pm • 0 0 • view
"A photographer doesn't 'take pictures.' They 'make photographs.'" Good teaching.
aug 1, 2025, 8:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Very nice✌🏼🥰
aug 1, 2025, 8:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Great job to him!!!
aug 2, 2025, 2:07 am • 0 0 • view
Teach the rule of thirds.
aug 1, 2025, 7:55 pm • 0 0 • view
As sometimes cinematography instructor at a university - I approve. Good symbolism in composition: choice of angle, placement and direction subject is facing relevant to historical and contemporary significance. Nice work.
aug 1, 2025, 7:19 pm • 14 1 • view
Good job, small bouie
aug 1, 2025, 7:21 pm • 1 0 • view
A 7 year old took this !!!!!! You got an artist on your hands !!!!!
aug 1, 2025, 7:15 pm • 13 1 • view
Hah, googling "olympus infinity s" gives jamellebouie.net/blog/2023/11... as the very first result.
aug 1, 2025, 7:37 pm • 3 0 • view
He's got a great eye already! All the more impressive for being film too.
aug 1, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Assuming you plan to take pictures with it - good luck finding the film, and even more-so getting it developed! 🤔
aug 1, 2025, 9:09 pm • 2 0 • view
i shoot film sometimes. neither of those things are hard at all
aug 2, 2025, 3:39 pm • 2 0 • view
It's actually not too hard to set up a home black room if you have a little bit of space. Developing film can be a fun hobby. Assuming you can find the film.
aug 1, 2025, 9:11 pm • 0 0 • view
okay, so, the picture at the top was taken with the camera in the next post. film is incredibly easy to find and processing is easy to obtain as well
aug 1, 2025, 9:24 pm • 10 1 • view
(also trying to develop color film yourself with C-41/CN-16 chemistry is truly an immense pain in the ass, source: I used to work for Fujifilm)
aug 2, 2025, 4:27 pm • 2 0 • view
You can still buy and drop film off for developing at Walgreens. Short of that, Dwayne’s Photo has an affordable mail in service. I still shoot film on a Pentax K-1000 occasionally.
aug 2, 2025, 4:21 am • 3 0 • view
omg adorable
aug 1, 2025, 7:39 pm • 12 0 • view
Loved that camera.
aug 1, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Reminds me of my family's old camera. Loved the click of the lens cover when you slide it back and forth
aug 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
18 months ago, I started my then-7 year old son off with a 14 year old dSLR and a 20 year old 50mm f/1.8. Things escalated from there.
aug 1, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Olympus made the best consumer level film cameras
aug 1, 2025, 7:58 pm • 1 0 • view
olmypus makes some really great point-and-shoots. some of my favorite photos have been with my little olympus xa2.
aug 1, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
But how did he take a picture of the camera...?
aug 1, 2025, 7:33 pm • 5 0 • view
His dad did.🤔🤯
aug 1, 2025, 7:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Just the design on that thing.
aug 1, 2025, 7:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Have you ever shot with an Olympus Xa2? Beautiful little clam shell rangefinder. Wonderful lens as well. I currently have 3. casualphotophile.com/2023/05/23/o...
aug 2, 2025, 2:35 am • 0 0 • view
That's how we rocked it in my day
aug 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Actual film camera. Nice. Love my Oly's even with the camera business reorganisation. jamellebouie.net/blog/2023/11...
aug 1, 2025, 8:18 pm • 2 0 • view
Excellent eye for the shot! Had this camera and it is great!
aug 1, 2025, 8:09 pm • 2 0 • view
I love the angle he shot. We are seeing it with his eyes❤️
aug 1, 2025, 8:02 pm • 3 0 • view
Great gift for a seven year old! They can learn to appreciate the extraordinary as well as the ordinary. But especially help them to remember outings with their dad when they get older.
aug 3, 2025, 12:40 am • 0 0 • view
Impressive!
aug 1, 2025, 9:45 pm • 0 0 • view
youre a good dad
aug 2, 2025, 12:46 am • 0 0 • view
Great photo!
aug 2, 2025, 11:12 am • 0 0 • view
The Celtics tank is really the chef’s kiss in this photo.
aug 1, 2025, 9:33 pm • 5 0 • view
Your cousin, FROM BOSTON
aug 2, 2025, 7:46 am • 1 0 • view
As a fellow Masshole, I feel represented.
aug 2, 2025, 1:51 am • 4 0 • view
It's a whole story hidden in a moment!
aug 1, 2025, 10:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Damn, he took a really good and well composed photo!
aug 1, 2025, 7:14 pm • 3 0 • view
Mise-en-scene, magnifique
aug 2, 2025, 4:43 pm • 0 0 • view
He’s got talent and a good teacher! ❤️
aug 1, 2025, 8:04 pm • 0 0 • view
That’s a great shot and the framing is perfect.
aug 1, 2025, 9:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Kids have a good eye for framing
aug 2, 2025, 12:20 am • 0 0 • view
What a great shot! Do you develop yourself or do you have a trusted place for your film?
aug 1, 2025, 9:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Helps that he’s short 😜
aug 1, 2025, 7:50 pm • 0 0 • view
You have a budding photographer 😊
aug 1, 2025, 7:34 pm • 1 0 • view
👏
aug 1, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
OMG, he’s got major photography skillz.
aug 1, 2025, 10:36 pm • 0 0 • view
That’s a fantastic shot. I could go in and analyze the choices he made and say why it’s working so well — but nah. He doesn’t need anyone to do that. He’s got a great eye. Take more pictures, kid, you’re awesome.
aug 1, 2025, 7:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Excellent subject choice as well. 👍
aug 1, 2025, 7:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Got the fundamentals down.
aug 1, 2025, 8:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah, that's good stuff 👍
aug 1, 2025, 7:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Great shot by your 7 years old! Please tell him congratulations for an outstanding shot of MLK statue!!!
aug 1, 2025, 8:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Not only great framing but also great usage of angle to use the natural light/shadows, I think there is an innate gift here. Let him run with it!
aug 1, 2025, 9:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Love this! I still think back to this one I took a few years back. Was only on iPhone.
aug 1, 2025, 7:37 pm • 15 0 • view
Some people have an innate ability to compose (photographs, or drawing on a page) at any age. Your son has that! My daughter does as well. (Good scan as well!).
aug 1, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Man what time of day is this, the color of the light is tremendous
aug 1, 2025, 7:43 pm • 0 0 • view
That's fantastic framing
aug 3, 2025, 12:46 am • 0 0 • view
nice!
aug 1, 2025, 7:18 pm • 0 0 • view
This early success should definitely encourage your child to continue exploring the joys of photography.
aug 1, 2025, 7:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Serious question. First time I saw it I was offended. Faced away unlike every other monument. Am I wrong or missing something?
aug 1, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Great shot! 📸
aug 1, 2025, 7:16 pm • 3 0 • view
That was me when I was 10 yrs old. I had a point and shoot and took very creatively framed photos in national parks.
aug 1, 2025, 10:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes, quite nice
aug 2, 2025, 1:58 pm • 0 0 • view
trump is probably planning to level it 😬
aug 1, 2025, 10:05 pm • 0 0 • view
In this house we obey the Rule of Thirds! Nicely done :)
aug 1, 2025, 8:45 pm • 0 0 • view
That's a great picture! Awesome job!
aug 1, 2025, 10:25 pm • 0 0 • view
He’s a natural! I trust you will keep encouraging him to develop his talent. No pun intended. 🤭
aug 2, 2025, 1:50 am • 0 0 • view
Good eye!
aug 1, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Good eye!!
aug 2, 2025, 7:32 am • 0 0 • view
👏👏👏
aug 1, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
teach the rule of thirds first!
aug 1, 2025, 7:17 pm • 1 0 • view
Not a hot take. It improves every pic for the rest of their lives. Even if they aren't photog nerds.
aug 1, 2025, 7:30 pm • 0 0 • view
Outstanding!
aug 2, 2025, 4:31 am • 0 0 • view
this is a really good shot
aug 1, 2025, 7:21 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s better than most of my university students would do! Good man!
aug 1, 2025, 7:18 pm • 1 0 • view
That reminds me of 71 years ago when I became our family Brownie operator. Shoot one B&W frame at each event, send the film for processing after a few months...
aug 2, 2025, 1:08 am • 0 0 • view
Great colors on this, too. This is the default JPEG out-of-camera? I love it.
aug 1, 2025, 7:19 pm • 2 0 • view
this is film
aug 1, 2025, 7:25 pm • 9 0 • view
Well that certainly explains the beautiful film-like color profile!
aug 1, 2025, 8:06 pm • 2 0 • view
Gorgeous!
aug 1, 2025, 10:02 pm • 0 0 • view
I need him to give me lessons. I pay with 🍪 🍪 🍪 🍪
aug 2, 2025, 11:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Well done!
aug 1, 2025, 11:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Gave my daughter my old Stylus zoom 35 haven’t used since college and idk if it’s her, the camera or mpix processing but the shots look so good I want it back 🤣
aug 1, 2025, 7:20 pm • 5 0 • view
Understands a leading line, well done kiddo.
aug 1, 2025, 11:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Perfect shot. ❤️
aug 1, 2025, 7:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Tell your 7 year old I say, Well done!
aug 1, 2025, 7:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Good eye!
aug 1, 2025, 10:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Noice!
aug 1, 2025, 8:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Splendid!
aug 1, 2025, 10:13 pm • 2 0 • view
What a great photo! You have an artist and photographer on your hands!
aug 2, 2025, 4:43 am • 0 0 • view
I'm anticipating the Trump Admin to have it removed under project 2025 agenda and being too woke and divisive!
aug 1, 2025, 7:23 pm • 0 0 • view
good eye!
aug 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
I think kids end up taking super interesting snaps sometimes because they are seeing everything at different angles than adults and the world is frequently not designed for them/their vantage point
aug 1, 2025, 7:21 pm • 69 1 • view
We loved wading through what the kids thought photo worthy but tended to get out of focus “pick up sticks” on the floor and not significant monuments 🤦♀️
aug 1, 2025, 11:46 pm • 4 0 • view
He's got a great eye!
aug 1, 2025, 7:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Nicely done!
aug 1, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 0 • view
It doesn’t look real. He also timed it perfectly so no random people are in it.
aug 1, 2025, 7:20 pm • 2 0 • view
Never say "point and shoot" about Minority Heroes. It gives the GOP ideas. And GOP ideas are always bad for everyone, but worse for Minorities.
aug 1, 2025, 8:10 pm • 0 0 • view
Fantastic!
aug 1, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Can’t take a bad picture of that❤️💙
aug 1, 2025, 7:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Rule of 3rds 💫
aug 1, 2025, 7:28 pm • 0 0 • view
🙌🏽👍💯
aug 1, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view
He’s got a good eye for composition
aug 1, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Good job!
aug 1, 2025, 7:32 pm • 0 0 • view
That's a framer - postcard worthy!
aug 1, 2025, 8:11 pm • 0 0 • view
I shudder to think...
aug 1, 2025, 9:01 pm • 1 0 • view
damn!! looking forward to seeing his work in a museum :) I wonder if there are photography and darkroom classes for kids? that would be so cool
aug 1, 2025, 7:35 pm • 1 0 • view
I feel like kids would LOOOOVE that. the room is spooky, it's a really cool thing to watch a photo appear on a blank sheet... and the chemicals are hazardous obviously but I'm sure if it's a kids' class they would be really big on safety
aug 1, 2025, 7:37 pm • 1 0 • view
Wonderful picture capturing MLK’s strength! Only 7? Wow, so talented.
aug 1, 2025, 9:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Where is that?
aug 1, 2025, 7:36 pm • 0 0 • view
It's good. Really captures the essence of the monument. How did you manage to go when there were no tourists around?
aug 1, 2025, 10:38 pm • 0 0 • view
You are such a dad 🤭
aug 2, 2025, 6:32 am • 0 0 • view
Passing down passions & skills!! Watching their talents develop (I have no kids, but I hope that’s at least 1 dad joke point.) 🌞🌻💝
aug 1, 2025, 9:35 pm • 0 0 • view
Hope he sticks with it. Good eye.
aug 1, 2025, 7:27 pm • 0 0 • view
That's some great natural light. Good eye.
aug 1, 2025, 11:05 pm • 0 0 • view
Very beautifully composed...I like the weight and the shapes they made.
aug 1, 2025, 7:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Excellent composition! Reminds me of when my grandpa gave me an old 126 Instamatic. I really got some good shots with that old thing.
aug 2, 2025, 4:23 am • 0 0 • view
hell yeah youtube.com/shorts/iHg6w...
aug 1, 2025, 7:50 pm • 4 0 • view
My son is a professional photographer, and has gotten his kids cameras. One of them, 7 years old, takes great photos!!
aug 1, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Nice pic
aug 1, 2025, 7:29 pm • 0 0 • view
He did a great job, nice pictures. Are there workshops in using the camera around your area? He might love a workshop in photography.
aug 1, 2025, 10:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Outstanding.
aug 1, 2025, 10:16 pm • 0 0 • view
Excuse me ☝️ can we hand a full movie set to this child?
aug 1, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
A 7 year old took this?? That's awesome!
aug 1, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Rule of thirds. Live it, love it, roll in it!
aug 1, 2025, 7:38 pm • 0 0 • view
The kid has the eye. Get them started with learning editing as well.
aug 1, 2025, 8:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Beautifully framed. Good eye.
aug 2, 2025, 5:12 am • 0 0 • view
Was just there a few weeks ago. Walked around to read all the quotes. Made me feel ok for a few minutes.
aug 1, 2025, 9:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Nice job!
aug 1, 2025, 7:52 pm • 0 0 • view
this is great
aug 1, 2025, 7:26 pm • 0 0 • view
they are def hip to light and shadow. Very nice
aug 1, 2025, 8:29 pm • 0 0 • view