Athena Takes Pictures

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1. wgdo says:
   August 8, 2012 at 6:20 pm

   Absolutely love the picture of your Dog. One happy canine!! Great shot.
2. christy says:
   August 8, 2012 at 6:32 pm

   She’s got a good eye. The pictures of the flag and dog are great reimaginings of classic images. And like wgdo said, gotta love that picture of Daisy!
3. RedSonja says:
   August 8, 2012 at 6:44 pm

   I love her framing! That flag shot is amazing.
4. Mark Terry says:
   August 8, 2012 at 6:46 pm

   Great shot of Daisy.
5. Aunt Vixen says:
   August 8, 2012 at 7:01 pm

   So at first I read the headline as “Athena Takes Pleasure”, and I thought, how marvelous, that these are things she is taking pleasure in. This way is nice too, but I’m a little sorry my … reado, I guess … was wrong. :-}
6. Gulliver says:
   August 8, 2012 at 7:47 pm

   What christy said +1
7. Karl Henderson says:
   August 8, 2012 at 7:52 pm

   Actually, not much like me. These pictures show skill and dedication greater than the ordinary and for which both you and she are rightly proud.
8. Jennifer Davis Ewing says:
   August 8, 2012 at 7:52 pm

   To my eye, Daisy looks a tad…alarmed :-)
9. Billy Quiets says:
   August 8, 2012 at 7:53 pm

   Dude, my seven year old son loved the flower and especially the flag.
   He cracks me up, “You’re on the whatever site again? Hey that’s cool.”

   Great photos.
10. Rembrant says:
    August 8, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    I’ll third what Christy said.
11. Xopher Halftongue says:
    August 8, 2012 at 9:01 pm

    Yes, as Karl said, not much like me at all. These are ART. I guess we know where she gets it…not in any way to belittle her own achievement.
12. A Mediated Life says:
    August 8, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    These are fantastic! If she wants to pursue photography, she certainly has a good instinct for it.
13. Steve C. says:
    August 8, 2012 at 11:15 pm

    I’m impressed. Nice work.
14. Heather Scalzi says:
    August 9, 2012 at 1:56 am

    Great job Athena! <3 Aunt Heather
15. Des says:
    August 9, 2012 at 8:13 am

    The photo of Daisy needs to be framed! ;o))) Athena has a great eye
16. Michael T says:
    August 9, 2012 at 9:15 am

    Hi John. For your next book you should let Athena take a bunch of photos of you and then use one of them for your author’s photo on the dust jacket. That way she would get a photographer’s credit on the dust jacket. Maybe she would like to see her name in print like that.
17. Dan says:
    August 9, 2012 at 9:38 am

    Not like me. Way better than me!
18. sarahhans says:
    August 9, 2012 at 9:50 am

    Love the dog picture.
19. Bruce H. says:
    August 9, 2012 at 11:45 am

    Moar Athena!
20. D. Paul Angel says:
    August 9, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    Dear Athena,

    To further add to the adulations, you do indeed have an eye for photography! It has been my experience that people either have that eye, or they do not. In other words, you can teach anyone how to take a good photograph, but you can’t teach just anyone what to take a great photograph of.

    That being said, just because you have the eye doesn’t mean you can’t make the photos you took better.

    The flower one is nice, but the focus being off distracts. I realize with point and shoot cameras, and especially phone cameras, there’s very little you can do. even on a bright sunny day you can have limited depth of field. however, by framing the flower so it is front and center, you draw attention to the ceneter of the flower which is out of focus. If you frame it off center, however, less notice will be taken of it. The Rule of Thirds is thrown around a lot, but it also works pretty well. This could also be a good photo to play around with brightness, contrast, and coloring with as well.

    I love the moment you capture in the flag one. The only, small, tip I’d offer is to crop the diagonal portion of the house from the upper right of the frame. I think that takes a very good photo and makes it into a great one.

    Finally, there are three things that the dog photograph desperately needs: Your signature, a frame, and wall to hang it on. Seriously, that is a fantastic, kick-ass pic!

    All the best,
    Paul
21. Joanna @ I Won't Be a Hoarder Too says:
    August 9, 2012 at 4:43 pm

    You’re daughter is awesome. And my husband and I want to be parents like you and Krissy when we grow up.
22. Mer Haskell says:
    August 9, 2012 at 11:22 pm

    All of these are great, but the Daisy photograph is amazing!
23. Mike B says:
    August 10, 2012 at 10:34 am

    Seriously love the pic of the dog! I’ve come back to look at it more than once.
24. TurboNerd (@TurboNerd) says:
    August 11, 2012 at 9:37 am

    Great shots! She has a good eye. Love the one with the dog.
25. Jim says:
    August 14, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    I must say Athena, you have some photographic talent. You must get it from your dad.
    You both have a much better than average eye. Your dad’s photos on this site are particularly good–professional quality even. You seem to be his favorite model.
    You should enter some photo contests to help develop your talent further.
    [In my college days I was a member of the local Photo club. (That was back when everything was done with actual FILM!) I entered many of the quarterly photo contests (and even won a few ribbons.) Not trying to brag--just trying to say that I had some training, so you take this as more than casual praise.]

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