Seeing Through A Child’s Eyes in Practice
Filed Under Children, Fred Rogers, Photography
Jonathan Fields demonstrates what I call the Fred Rogers Principal on his blog awake @ the wheel. He writes that after shooting for a client, he gave his 8 year old daughter his camera and turned her loose on the world. He says the only directions he gave her were ” I trust you, show me what you see.” The pictures she produced are very good. Jonathan’s posting of those pictures and his comments show he has learned the principal of seeing from a different viewpoint.
When your shooting has become stale, try seeing the world around you anew by looking at what you see as if for the first time, with wonder rather than the cynical eye of experience.
Imagine if someone said to you today those words, “I trust you, show me what you see.” What worlds would you show them?