Here's a laugh ...

[Serge]

Just found this circa 1975
portrait of the artist as a young man :lol:


that's a Super 8 camera, anyone remember those?
in fact a Yashica LD6, I was the only crazy who used to shoot
anamorphic Super 8 in my group,
you ain't seen nothin till you've seen scope on Super 8!




why my avatar hasn't changed a bit :rofl:

[sandman]

Your's reminded of this one taken of me in 1972. first truck , small s/hand and i did sand deliveries both big and small to get my business off the ground.
I was boxing a lot then , playing football and doing a lot of motor sports , with all that and the day job i was very fit .
When i look back at that black hair , i wonder where the time has gone , just flown by . still pretty fit ,but if i had to do it all again now , i'd likely have a heart attack.:D .
Now you can see where the 'sandman' comes from .

Brian

[High ISO!]

Your photos remind me of this one.

Me....at the VERY biginning of my life with cameras, and animals! Good story to go with this shot too. I actually developed the roll of film this shot was on. It was a long lost roll my father shot several years ealier. I found it when I was about 12 or 13, and was shocked to see ALL the images on that film were me with this Penguin & also a blow up punching bag clown. I believe this was the actual beginning of my fascination with photography! One more thing, When I got my baby book, I found my mother had documented my very first real word was *picture*. Blew me away when I saw that in combo with this photo!

Alissa

[Scubagrapher]

Wow! What a great story this is! However I must say I'm stumped trying to figure out what kind of camera you are using.

[High ISO!]

All I know is it was a *real* BROKEN camera!

I don't have that camera is LONG gone.....Not a clue what it was. Well, maybe a Kodak? I remember asking my father what kind of camera it was...all he could tell me was the obvious...it was a 35mm...DUH!

I know my father had a Retina before he got into Nikons. I still have a few of his old F bodies....in working condition, with working meter heads too!

[Serge]

Alissa, that is sooooo cute, its certainly a moment frozen in time.


Brian, you were quite cute too :lol:
although I shouldn't be mentioning that in public :rofl:


But serioulsly, my young bloke Mark, (25) recently had an abortive business venture with a truck. He bought a used 2 ton tipper and was going to do deliveries and removals etc.
Sold it after 6 weeks at a loss, clients were too unreliable, he's doing a computer course and a management course this year.


:D

[HulaMike]

Originally posted by High ISO!
Your photos remind me of this one.

Me....at the VERY biginning of my life with cameras, and animals! Good story to go with this shot too. I actually developed the roll of film this shot was on. It was a long lost roll my father shot several years ealier. I found it when I was about 12 or 13, and was shocked to see ALL the images on that film were me with this Penguin & also a blow up punching bag clown. I believe this was the actual beginning of my fascination with photography! One more thing, When I got my baby book, I found my mother had documented my very first real word was *picture*. Blew me away when I saw that in combo with this photo!

Alissa

Look at the tone and saturation in that shot! Its beautiful. I have often thought of late that we've lost lot in photography thinking every shot has to be unnaturally sharp. There's a quality here that's hard to achieve digitally today.

[Linda G]

I love these shots! Alissa, You shouldn't sit like that, darlin', it's called W sitting and very hard on the knees. :eek:

I didn't start that young, but had my own brownie by age 9. Wish I still had that! I 'upgraded' to an instamatic for HS graduation.

[High ISO!]

Originally posted by Linda G
I love these shots! Alissa, You shouldn't sit like that, darlin', it's called W sitting and very hard on the knees. :eek:

I didn't start that young, but had my own brownie by age 9. Wish I still had that! I 'upgraded' to an instamatic for HS graduation.

Ha...Linda, I only WISH I could still sit like that!

My First camera was a little green camera, I think it was a Brownie (I could read yet, so I'm not sure!). It was actually my friend's camera, but I was the one shooting with it. I don't think my friend ever touched the thing. Her mom & me would change film in the guest cloest, and off I would go again, photographing all the neighborhood pets! I was all of about 5 or 6.

I never saw any of the photos I shot, I think we were just recycling the film.......:lol:

Alissa

[Wilm]

I love to read your stories, especially the story from Alissa.
When I saw the pic with the little girl, it reminds me to my son.

He started asking me if he can make photos also when he was 5. Half a year later he was allowed to use my old HP612 digicam. It´s sometimes fascinating how children see the world thru a lens.

Attached picture was taken by him in Feb. last year. He was 5 1/2.

BTW, my parants never allowed me to take a photo when I was a child. Too expensive they told me .... I´ve made my first one 4 years ago.

Wilm

[deMille]

One of the assignments I always gave to students was to use 1 36exp roll of film and shoot every frame from a "child's point of view". It was interesting, the results. Many would just take things from a low camera angle and there would be just a few who would look at things with a wonder and curiousity ---- also from a lower camera angle, of course!

Expand how you look at things, you'll be amazed at what else you see.

[High ISO!]

Thanks Wilm....
Let your son keep taking photos! He's got a really great start already!

I have photos of my father squatting down, to get to my level, so I could take his picture, when I was a little kid.

People still have to squat for me to take their pics!
:rofl: (I'm not even close to 5' tall!) I never grew up, and I like that!:D

Alissa