Kids with cameras

About a month ago I collected old digital cameras from friends to take into Asia and I’ve run a number of photography workshops with these since with orphan kids. More details will come shortly. In the meantime here are some of the better shots the kids have taken after we did a segment on portrait photography.

: Late afternoon in the local garden.

: Tending crops.

: Watering local crops. We had just talked a lot about action photography and the boys particularly loved taking these kinds of shots and movement.

: A nervous child in the village. Cameras aren’t that common in these parts.

: Planting more greens in the garden.

: A great smile from a local farmer.

The great thing about this set of photos was they took these on their own. I didn’t go with them. They were instructed to talk to people, get close, interact and take the shots. When they came back they said how hard that had been. It is hard when you’re 8-13 years with a camera photographing adults but they did very well!

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