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01/28/2004 09:22:56 AM · #26 |
Originally posted by Catherine:
For instance, would anyone send their sensitive child to a piano teacher that smacked her fingers with a ruler when she mis-keyed and say "some teachers are just like that, kid, that's the real world".
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I think a better analogy would be another student acts up, and the teacher doesn't expel them so long as they only make idiotic noises, and don't actually hit anyone. |
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01/28/2004 09:56:06 AM · #27 |
She has 16 now? She is a woman! Not a baby. Open your eyes!!! Your daughter needs to live. There are SC members at this age here. I was a proffesional software developer and play guitar at a pub on this age!!!
Please... awake!
See Knador profile at //www.dpchallenge.com/profile.php?USER_ID=2780. He is a great photographer only with 16 and I respect him by this. Behind your mom´s eyes your little girl do all things that you hide from her. Create an account here to her. Enjoy the family weekly contest at DPC. Be her best friend, photography tutor and live it! Friendship is all that she wants from you.
Good look. |
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01/28/2004 10:08:14 AM · #28 |
| I thought one had to 13 to register on this site. Is this a new thing or has it always been the case? I found this out the other day when my daughter was in the process of signing up and she came to the point at which she had to say she was atleast 13 years old. She did not register - unfortunatley, because she has a good eye. I think most youngsters do. As for my daughter, I will continue to encourage her to continue developing her skills. |
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01/28/2004 10:45:27 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by Jeileen:
I thought one had to 13 to register on this site. Is this a new thing or has it always been the case? I found this out the other day when my daughter was in the process of signing up and she came to the point at which she had to say she was atleast 13 years old. She did not register - unfortunatley, because she has a good eye. I think most youngsters do. As for my daughter, I will continue to encourage her to continue developing her skills. |
I believe you can get special dispensation from the site admins to allow younger children on the site. You may like to contact the site admins about this.
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01/28/2004 10:46:55 AM · #30 |
Think it is something to do with the law regarding collecting info on minors. You can contact Drew or Lang and they'll sign you up with you filling out the form or some sort of similar agreement.
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01/28/2004 10:52:39 AM · #31 |
Any sites for immature photographers like me?
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01/28/2004 11:06:05 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by Jacko:
Any sites for immature photographers like me? |
//www.photosig.com
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01/28/2004 01:41:54 PM · #33 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Originally posted by Jacko:
Any sites for immature photographers like me? |
//www.photosig.com |
Are you a member there? The site looks promising. ;D |
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01/28/2004 02:28:27 PM · #34 |
Catharine,
I think you're caught in a bit a of bind with what you want. Art as a pretext is generally controversial in that not everyone views it in the same context and therefore some people like it, some people don't like it, and some people hate it! The world of art is one where negative comments thrive because it's a world full of personal opinion and thought. Even if their were such a place for youth, I doubt comments would be any less negative, heck people would be LESS mature!! One thing I've learnt from the theatre (I'm involved in the theatre more then photography) is that the world of art is full of love/hate relationships and you win some, and you loose some, but you gotta learn to take away from everything what you can! I guess in the end what I'm saying is, with art, comes critism, many times unfair critism, but that's just art.
Lee
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01/28/2004 02:43:00 PM · #35 |
I think one of the most important things is to learn to take constructive critism. It helps you learn, and do better. Last fall, I did my first Gallery showing in my hometown's biggest art gallery. There is where I learned to take critism well. At the show opening I had people tell me that I had great pictures... but then there were those who have been doing Gallery shows for years now, and they were brutally honest. I even had one tell me that I would never make it as a Gallery Artist! I sucked it up and took what they said - and turned it into good stuff!
From just that and from what others have said - Photography is a very hard field to be in. There are people who will love what you produce and others will rip it apart.
It's good to get young ones exposed early if it is what they love. It was much harder hearing these things at my age... I wish I would've heard them sooner, before I found my niche!
Best of Luck,
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01/28/2004 02:48:11 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by Catherine:
It's more about self confidence, about the difference between constructive criticism and invective. I tried to teach my children to walk away from that, to not even be near it, to not condone it with acceptance and to not encourage it with reply. |
You will see both types of criticism here. I agree with what you say here, but, being 'near' it is the best way to learn to differentiate. Learning to sort out comments that are useful and those that aren't is part of the learning curve in the bigger picture. When you look deep enough, you can find some amount of insight in the worst case comments.
Message edited by author 2004-01-28 14:48:30.
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01/28/2004 04:42:31 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
Think it is something to do with the law regarding collecting info on minors. You can contact Drew or Lang and they'll sign you up with you filling out the form or some sort of similar agreement. |
There is a waiver form you fill out and mail of fax to them. If anyone wants to email me, I can probably track down the text and send it back so you can fill in the blanks. It is very simple.
Photography is a great activity to do with your kids, and is a perfect avenue for learning to deal with the occasional negative experience we all experience. It is not something you can teach a kid by theory and send them out in the world; like everything else, it takes practice to do it well. I can't think of a "safer" way to deal with it since, by definition, she CANNOT take it personally (except from parents/sibs, I guess) -- we don't really know who's on the other end of any of these comments. Unless one plans on outliving one's kids, and providing them with perpetual bodyguard service (mtally exclusive goals, I suspect), I don't think we do our kids any favors by keeping things hidden. (Which is not the same as allowing continual exposure to it either.) |
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