I’ll admit it, I was inspired by Michelle Weber’s first photo (View from Toul Sleng Prison, Phnom Penh, Cambodia) for this weekly challenge. I knew I had something similar, deep down in the jaklumen & family Flickr archive. It’s not a prison, though– it’s a chain link fence at the baseball diamond on a schoolyard.
copyright 2010 by Princess (jaklumen’s daughter)
Please note— this photograph is NOT mine. It’s one of my daughter’s, when she was just newly getting into photography. This is at a baseball diamond on the schoolyard at a local middle school, where I used to go to fly kites, as it was just across the street from the apartment complex where we used to live. She wanted a little more to do than simply take pictures of my kite flying, in an afternoon.
She was only 8 years old when she took this shot. I remember when I looked at it that I was impressed. This was a view that I had overlooked many, many times. I hadn’t really thought to take this sort of perspective before.
A big thank you once again to Rob Ross of Rob’s Surf Report and his entry Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition 1 – the caramel roll run. I drew inspiration from his post, discussed a little photography with him, and decided to start doing these challenges more to draw attention to our family photography pursuits.
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January 29, 2014 at 05:54
My first thought was “well, that’s not good for a prison”. then I saw the photo credit.
Nice shot, Princess!
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January 29, 2014 at 11:34
Thanks, Guap! I’ll let her know when she gets home from school. She continues to amaze me with her artistic pursuits.
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January 30, 2014 at 03:10
That’s an awesome photo – I’d say for an eight year-old, but I bet they continue to surprise you at any age. 🙂
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January 30, 2014 at 09:50
I’ve been featuring her artwork here, Rob.
This is a stopmotion animation she did: Stopmotion Lego Man by Princess and this is some graphic art she did, pencil drawn with digital coloring: Steve and Herobrine in real life Digital Drawing … yes, she’s still surprising me.
You did say “they”– my son seems to have some artistic talent, too, but I guess I’m not surprised to see him drawing a lot when his mother and his sister do it so often.
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January 30, 2014 at 10:17
I said “they” to refer to kids in general, of course; but I can tell your family as a whole is of an artistic bent – that’s awesome! 🙂
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January 30, 2014 at 10:26
Oh, kids in general, yep yep, humans in general are full of surprises. Thanks for checking out the links– it’s really appreciated!
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January 30, 2014 at 10:28
Lol lead me and I will follow!
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January 30, 2014 at 19:55
This is actually a really cool photo. I am impressed!
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January 31, 2014 at 04:03
I am blessed to have a daughter that has talents like this. And she’s entirely self-motivated as such.
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January 31, 2014 at 06:32
I love the photo…I had to do a re-read cuz I too thought that was the photo of the prison 😉
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January 31, 2014 at 11:56
Yeah, maybe I should have just left that part out, but Michelle’s picture really did remind me of the captures my daughter took.
A schoolyard like a prison? Hmmm… nah….
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