Tuesday Jan 04, 2022

[Adamphotoman]

How old were you when you first tried out a camera? Did you know you were going to be a photographer?

This one I found in a box of old negatives. Shot mid 1980's

   

[Adamphotoman]

I am finding lots of old photos.

Before Photoshop, his image was made by holding a star filter on an angle.


   

[Dave]

Two very nice images, Grant. Quite different, of course, but each appealing in its own way.

I didn't get interested in photography until rather late - well into my 40s. At the time I was trying to get good at watercolor painting and wished to photograph subjects for that. I quickly realized that I enjoyed photography more than painting, and I was better at it. Then I got into taking photos at my daughter's soccer games. My first camera was the Sony Mavica - the very early digital camera that saved images on 3-1/2 " floppies (so you can imagine how poor the resolution was compared to what we have available today). I've gone through a series of cameras, and am satisfied with my current Nikon.

Another shot of the large palm leaf that U dropped in a dark corner of our inner yard...

   

And a shot of small flowers blooming on one of the succulents in the outer front yard...

   

Have yourselves a good day/evening.

[Adamphotoman]

Dave, Very appealing. Both-Abstracts in their own way.

Continuing to find negatives that need digitizing. This is a team of brick layers building schools in Saskatoon. DW's grandfather is in the mix. I think he is in the center wearing the white cap with his head turned.

   

[Don]

Good afternoon guys - another light crowd today.

I got into photography late as well, just turned 18 and in the Navy when I purchased a Voigtlander rangefinder camera. By the time I got off active duty I had gone through several brands (Voigtlander, Pentax, Yashica, Minox, and finally Minolta when I got released in 1970. My plan for a bit was to be a photo journalist but that didn't happen. Ended up getting an engineering degree instead. My photography journey has been off and on (currently on).

Grant I love the old photo with your DW's Grandfather in it. I like just about any old photo.

Dave your first one is kind of a low key abstract. I knew your what is it photo was some sort of plant but couldn't put my finger on which one.  The succulent is well balanced and I like the way the reddish edge of the "leaves" support the red of the blossoms. Nice.

We had two more bots register recently. I added some steps during registration that I hoped would stop the automated bots so I suppose the two "members" could have been added by humans. But the format of the member name was the same as the recent bout of members. Hope we don't start getting bombarded again.

[Adamphotoman]

The youngster is my father. I copied the originals 30 years ago. Now I am digitizing the 4x5 negs. They hold up well.

   

[Michael]

Wonderful trip through memory lane here. I get pretty nostalgic these days.
My first camera was a Kodak 110 Instamatic. I think I was around 11 or 12.
Once I became a freshman in high school, I realized I wanted more. So about 1981 or so I started my first paper route, and found a restaurant that would let me wash dishes under the table, and saved up for the Canon AE-1 Program. It came with a fantastic 50mm lens, I bought another telephoto and another prime, but, I almost exclusively used the 50. I started shooting for the High School year book and never looked back.

[Adamphotoman]

My dad lent me his Zeiss Ikonta. It was a folding 35mm camera also with a great lens. The best part was every thing was manual including cocking the shutter and advancing the film. I also had a Kodak 110 Instamatic. High school  had us using a Asahi Pentax Spotmatic.

[Luv2shoot]

I cannot remember my first camera but I am sure that I was always interested in taking photographs but NOT BEING PHOTOGRAPHED.

I really enjoyed the photos that you are digging up and sharing them with us. I just love the little boy using looking through the OLYMPUS camera. Smart boy, smart dad. Hee hee. You know my latest camera is an Olympus, right!

Although I love shooting multiple images per second, I do miss cranking the lever to advance the film. That is such a good memory and feeling. The two ladies are so nicely dressed and look so much alike. I also like the Brick Layer's photo. All but two are wearing hats and everyone is dressed differently, some in overalls, some in suits, three with mustaches, the rest clean shaven, one guy with a level, one with a trowel, and a bunch of broken bricks in the foreground. What a great photo.

Dave, Your new shot of the palm is even more moody in this version. But I love the star-shaped flowers on that succulent.