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Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 133mm — 1/125 sec, f/5.9, ISO 125 — map & image data — nearby photos
Anthony's First Shot of the Day
photo by Anthony Friedl
Eikando Temple (永観堂), Kyoto Japan
I got a call today that the nearby Eikando Temple was bathed in some gorgeous late-afternoon peeking-through-some-storm-clouds sun, so I thought I'd go and take a look. It's always absolutely amazing during the fall-foliage season, even in the rain, so I knew I couldn't lose, but it became all the better when Anthony said he wanted to join me. Normally he couldn't care less about anything like that, but for some reason wanted to try taking pretty pictures.
So, I grabbed my Nikon D700 for me and a point-n-shoot compact for him, and we rode our bikes over.
He took that first shot just before going in, showed me the sun-streaming-in look on the back of the camera, then cautioned that it would take him a while to warm up. Hah! Where does a nine-year-old come up with this stuff?
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 133mm — 1/200 sec, f/5.9, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
photo by Anthony Friedl
It turns out that we had missed the glorious light, and even in the shots above the sun was mostly obscured by clouds; we never did see it, having stayed until after sunset without it making another appearance.
Still, it was very nice.
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 1400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Anthony in Action
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 133mm — 1/125 sec, f/5.9, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
Photo He Took
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Voigtländer 125mm f/2.5 — 1/320 sec, f/2.5, ISO 2800 — map & image data — nearby photos
In Action #2
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 133mm — 1/30 sec, f/5.9, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shot He Took #2
photo by Anthony Friedl
He felt stifled with the compact camera and wanted to use mine, so we switched...
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 43mm — 1/60 sec, f/4.2, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Anthony With the D700
plus the vertical grip, which I eventually took off
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 68mm — 1/25 sec, f/5.3, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shooting Daddy
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/1000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Daddy
photo by Anthony Friedl
I had a cold last week and didn't shave, but got come compliments on the slightly scruffy beard, so since then have merely been trimming it, but wow, it seems to make me look homeless in photos. Earlier today Stéphane Barbery sent me a photo he took of me yesterday after I'd hiked up a hill with a very heavy lens (as I described yesterday), so I was a mess to begin with not even considering the homeless-esque beard.
Anyway, Anthony went off with the camera, taking care with each shot, thinking about focus and composition. I have no idea where he learned any of this, except perhaps from his photography of his own Lego play.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/1000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Pagoda Entrance
photo by Anthony Friedl
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 29mm — 1/60 sec, f/3.3, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
In Action #3
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/2000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shot He Took #3
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/2000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Garden's Main Bridge
photo by Anthony Friedl
As nice as it was, this year's colors have been much weaker, and you can compare with this shot last year to see that today was nothing compared to a sunny day during a year with stronger colors.
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 40mm — 1/60 sec, f/4, ISO 320 — map & image data — nearby photos
In Action #4
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/640 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shot He Took #4
photo by Anthony Friedl
He seemed to know what he was doing (he was showing me his shots), so I asked him to take a portrait, but I should have adjusted my hoodie, and I should have shaved.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/1000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Daddy Portrait
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/640 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Ripples
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/2500 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Depth
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/1000 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Sign
photo by Anthony Friedl
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 29mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.3, ISO 250 — map & image data — nearby photos
In Action #5
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/1250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shot He Took #5
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/3200 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Parasol
photo by Anthony Friedl
Panasonic DMC-TS3 at an effective 29mm — 1/125 sec, f/3.3, ISO 500 — map & image data — nearby photos
In Action #6
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/1250 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Shot He Took #6
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/640 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Setup
I gave him the idea, but he set it up and took the shot
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/320 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Half & Half
photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 — 1/640 sec, f/1.4, ISO 1000 — map & image data — nearby photos
Half & Half
with a bonus green cone
photo by Anthony Friedl
I'm just amazed at what he did with focus and composition... like I said, I have no idea where it came from. I posted about half of the photos he took, so it's not like he was carpet bombing and just lucked across some that seemed nice. I missed not having my own camera, but I want to encourage him, so I hope he'll want to do this again.
Wow, impressive photos, especially #4, #5.
He’s much better than I’m…
“but I want to encourage him, so I hope he’ll want to do this again.”
The results speak for themselves… he appears to be taking to it naturally, that is, with YOUR camera. Looks like it’s going to cost you a D800 once it’s released so you hand down the D700! (Hey… worked for me and my wife with two camera upgrades 😉
Very impressive indeed.
I certainly hadn’t that degree of imagination at his age, and doubt that I do now… I can only suppose that he has been more observant of your approach to photography than you realised, or has absorbed some of your own skills by a kind of osmosis. Is your old D200 not still lying around for him to take over ? Well done Anthony, and well done Jeffrey for passing over your camera to him, it was worth it !
Well, this grandmother was impressed too. Very surprised at how good some were. Has he been reading your blog? I doubt he could understand a lot of the written material, but he apparently has the the idea and an eye for many of the same things you do.
Personally, I favor a slight beard on you. Reminds me of when you excelled at Country-Western dancing.
Thanks for showing us Anthony’s work. He captured some great compositions.
He’s got a great eye! I didn’t start with 35mm film until I was about 14 or so… sometime earlier in the last millenium. And the best part of the day, I’m sure, was the shared experience and the time together.
Take care,
Mike.
(BC, Canada)
Very encouraging. I think that a couple of the shots would have benefited from taking advantage of the vertical grip if Anthony’s hands are big enough to use it. The low viewpoint for an adult portrait is refreshing and is much better than a high viewpoint for a child portrait.
I think the beard is really great too by the way. It makes you look quite a bit younger and definitely cool . So that must be why Anthony wants to hang out with camera plus Dad attachment!
Yep – Proper camera time for Anthony. How does that work at his age? do you add it to the Christmas pile? I mean a hand-me down is nice – but perhaps he could trade in his allowance for his own?
I’m sure it does you good to have to just use a point and shoot once in a while. Bit like using a pencil instead of an iPhone!
Annie
Annie, your last comment makes me cringe… for me, using a point-n-shoot for anything artistic is like using a broken igloo instead of an iPhone. As for the rest, at this point I’ll just let him use mine, and we’ll see how long it lasts. This morning he said he wanted to go out shooting photos as soon as he got home, so maybe it’ll last two days. Maybe a lifetime. We’ll see. As far as me “looking cool”, that would be a first. 🙂 —Jeffrey
I think that Daddy better watch out or there’ll be more of Anthony’s photos here than his own. Of course then, you could resort to one of my favorite sayings: “It’s the sign of a good teacher that at least one of his pupils surpasses him!”. That what I say when one of my student’s photos is better than mine.
I know you’re just being humorous here, but any good teacher should expect his students to surpass him, eventually. Having the skill to teach is unrelated to having the skill being taught, and a good teacher can teach well beyond his own skill level. That might sound ludicrous at first blush, but consider the example that even folks who can’t sing can easily identify good and bad singing. If teaching was limited to the simple production of results for students to emulate, a teacher might feel sheepish about a student surpassing him, but in the context of what teaching actually is, teachers are failures if their students don’t (eventually) surpass them. None of this is yet relevant for Anthony and photography, but your comment, though in jest, brought these thoughts on education to mind. —Jeffrey
I enjoyed this post – Anthony has some talent!
Savor your time with him. I’m sure you know it will pass all too quickly.
Ed
Nice going, Anthony. And, Anthony’s father.
Wow dude – excellent pictures. Anthony and Dad both looking good.
Never seen you with a slight beard even back when (As Grandma Friedl said) – you were excelling at country dancing. Takes me back years to the time in Columbus when I acquired my first pair of cowboy boots courtesy you.
Good to see the pictures and you both.
Hi Anthony, Thanks for taking the great photo’s. I especially enjoyed the first one of your Dad, and I liked the composition with the red parasol.
Jeffery, thank you for your blog, the photos AND the text. Always makes me want to go back to Japan, but I just settle for picking up my camera here in Australia.
Sounds like a perfect reason for Daddy to get a new camera in the near future. If you had a spare D700 sitting idle, Anthony would always have the chance to go out double-teaming with Daddy. Think of it as a sort of passive encouragement. Of course it may well be you who ends up using the D700 while Anthony uses the new camera, but I’m sure that would suit you just fine, too.
Me gusta tu blog, saludos desde Mexico……
That’s pretty impressive work from Anthony! Many of those photos still have “your” feel to them, though – probably because you post-processed them (I’m guessing). We probably won’t be able to see Anthony’s “true” vision until he starts to process his own photos, as well. That may be a few years off, but I’ll look forward to it.
Indeed. We did the post processing together, though he was certainly limited to only what I suggested. Within that, the choices were his and not always what I would have done. —Jeffrey
Not that I’m rushing Anthony but introducing him to post processing like, say a microsoft picture manager to toy around with the pictures he has taken will be fun and at the same time prepare him for lightroom and the rest of what you’ve got there later on as he grow and learn at his own pace but make them available for him. Never too early to learn, his ability to learn at his age will astound you my friend. Let’s see more of his work if you don’t mind.
Anthony’s pictures are great! Congratulations to you, Antony! (And to Dad of course for such a creative and talented child).
Griselda
Arlington, TX
omggg… anthony and your photos are beautiful..
it made me happy and comfort just by looking at your pictures..
thx for sharing all your precious moments here
renny
indonesia >.<
I didn’t know that you did country Western dancing. By the way I’m with your mum on the slight beard. You seem to have “fan” Annie in London (hi there!) and “fan” Anne in Lyon. 🙂