A lot of people think digital photography is too difficult for kids to master, but you can easily prove them wrong. After all, what's one of the perks of digital photography? You can take a hundred pictures, decide you hate them, and delete them all without paying a cent for film and development. That makes digital photography and kids a perfect match: kids like to mess around and with digital cameras, they can.
If you've thought about introducing your kids to digital photography and want to do it in a fun and interesting way, try some of these ideas.
It's a snap to get kids interested in digital photos
1. Get them their own cameras
Trust me: your nine-year-old won't know the difference between an expensive digital camera and one that costs $20, which makes it easy to make digital photography a fun new family habit. As long as it takes pictures, that's all they care about.
2. Have fun with it
It sounds obvious, but too many people make hobbies chores when they try to teach them to children. Share your love of digital photography. Point out cool things you can do with the camera. Look for "perfect moments" together, and have fun creating goofy moments of your own.
3. Do something with the pictures
There's nothing worse than spending two weeks taking pictures, deleting them, considering them, finally selecting your favorites -- and then seeing them wind up in a heap on the floor, or stuck in a photo album at the back of the closet, or... well, you get the idea.
Fortunately, digital photography lends itself well to many different activities:
Scrapbooking. Introduce your kids to the joys of scrapbooks. Trust me: it has stickers, so they'll love it.
Create a photo book.
Make a photo book online or with a program like iPhoto. Not only is it fun to do, but you get the added excitement of seeing something you created on the computer arrive on your doorstep.
Share your photos online.
Okay, no matter how much you love digital photography, you probably don't want your nine year old getting a Facebook account. But there are many safe ways to share photos: create your own family website, use private online photo storage, or just email them to friends and family.
Whatever you do, you're bound to have fun: kids and digital photography make a perfect match