My 12 year old daughter is now developing a passion for photography also. Since I bought the D200, I've been letting her use my D70 and I have her shooting on Manual mode. I finally had a chance to sit down and go through the pictures she's been taking and I was amazed at some of them. She's pretty good for a 12 year old kid! All I've taught her so far is the basics of using the camera. But composing the shots seems to come naturally for her.