16-year kid shames me and probably you too

[Frank Petronio]

Friend of a friend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/henrybritten/with/4653516359/

 

[Luna]

He does shame you, but not me. I can only tell this from the 88 items he has up.

 

[Rayt]

Don't worry Frank. He's be shooting butts in no time.

 

[dogbunny]

good stuff

 

[shyoon]

There are some amazing young photographers out there.

A couple that come to mind:

Ann He - 15 years old.
Nirrimi Hakanson - 17 years old.

 

[FrankS]

I would not trade my stuff for his stuff, not because his stuff is not better, but because his stuff is not my stuff. Comparing oneself to others usually leads to conceit or depression. There is no shame in anothers talent.

 

[Keith]

Thanks for the link Frank .. that kid has some serious talent IMO.

I don't think I saw an image in the entire set I didn't like!

 

[antiquark]

He's the Justin Bieber of photography!

 

[tedwhite]

Having taught photography at a couple of colleges, I love the way some young people take to photography like a duck to water and make amazing and fresh images. Perhaps (and I emphasize the word) it might be because they've never spent much time looking at established photographers, i.e., the way you're supposed to take photographs - and so they just play and experiment, unfettered by tradition, and their stuff blows me away.

Because she seemed stuck in black and white, I suggested to this young student that she might try color film. I made no further suggestions. So she found a bunch of colored bottles, gathered from a trash heap, took them home and smashed them into little pieces, then photographed them with a macro lens, backlit and out of focus. The results were simply gorgeous.

 

[PRJ]

Looks like pretty standard Flickr fare to me.

 

[robklurfield]

some things can be taught. others cannot. I think having an "eye" is one that can't be "taught," though I think it can possibly be acquired. anyway, this kid does have an eye.

this kid also writes some good titles.

thanks for the link frank.

I especially liked this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/henrybritten/4680106826/

Maybe we should invite him to join us here so we can totally corrupt him and turn him into a drooling gear geek. nah. why spoil him with nonsense about which summicron version is better than, blah, blah. (I owned the same 35 cron for 27 years and never bothered to find out what version it was. now that I don't have it anymore, I wonder which it was and if such things matter.)

 

[gavinlg]

Amanda Lim - 21 www.amandalim.com.au/

Lara Jade - around 20 www.larajade.co.uk

Joey L - 18-20? http://www.joeyl.com/ (check out his personal work on the mentawai tribe - it's mind blowingly good)

Jessica Sim - 18-22? http://www.jessicasimnz.blogspot.com/

Nirrimi
&
Matt Caplin


All incredible and incredibly young.

 

[photogdave]

Good compositions and visualization, but the photoshop post processing gives it that generic current look that ultimately makes the images kind of slippery so my eye just glides pst them and doesn't want to stay.

 

[Vincent.G]

I only find that the photos are nice and that's about it. I have no other thoughts.

 

[Mister E]

Why are all these young photographers on flickr so damn emo?

 

[Brian Legge]

Because more important than being decent photographers, they are kids?

 

[Tim Gray]

I hate to sound like an ass, but...

Not bad, but not great. A bunch of head and shoulders portraits with canned-looking photoshop actions. As patrickjames said, standard looking flickr fair. Though, certainly a cut above the P&S party shots. He's got a decent eye and if he sticks with it, might be really good.

I do tire of all the PS actions for different looks. It really annoys me when people use 5 different looks from what is clearly the same shoot. B&W, check. 'Vintage' colors, check. Cross processed, check...

I will say this though: 16 yr old with a 5DII? WTF mate?

 

[Morca007]

The photos in the first post look very generic. Not a slight, the kid's 16, but nothing I can't see 5 times a day on facebook...

 

[amateriat]

I will say this though: 16 yr old with a 5DII? WTF mate?

In my neck of the woods, with a surfeit of doting and deep-pocketed parents, this wouldn't necessarily raise an eyebrow (for better or worse).


- Barrett

 

[johannielscom]

Talent he's got for sure and I agree he pust my images to shame.

But not yours, calm down 😀