Give a girl a camera...............

All images by Jasmin, age 12.
Words by grandma, age, not telling!!!!

I know I've mentioned before how handing a child a camera can be very exciting. On a long road trip such as our recent one in the West, traveling granddaughter, Jasmin, made good use of her point and shoot digital.

Like all kids today, technology comes easily to her. I spend endless minutes trying to figure out the intricacies of color change, color accent, what have you, and by then the image I longed to catch is ten miles back along the road!

On returning home and editing the hundreds of pics taken, I discovered that Jasmin photographed the long, straight roads, and often sameness of the passing landscape, not only with blurred images of fields and mountains, but also with these...............back seat self portraits!

She may be young and full of fun. Sometimes listening to music and singing. Sometimes she's serious. But give her a camera and she's off and running, capturing amazing images in the blink of an eye..............and you never know what color that eye may be!

Above shows the natural color of Jasmin's pretty eyes.

This reminds me of a layout you might see in Vogue magazine!

I would suggest you give your child, or grandchild, a camera when traveling a long distance by car. Not only will they escape possible boredom, they may surprise you with their creativity........and then agree to share their secrets, and the ins and outs of those hi-tech cameras!