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Category Archives: photography
Seeing the world through my viewfinder.
Happy Birthday, Grammy!
[Taken 23 November 2017]
Happy birthday, Mom! Love you bunches. It’s been awesome having you nearby for the past four years.
Thrift Score: Camera Finds
We hit up the Goodwill today before dinner, just for something to do, and I came away with three cameras:
- Kalimar 3D 35mm camera, with box and manual… and unused envelope for getting 3D prints with your developing.
- Ultronic panoramic 35mm focus free with a half-exposed roll of found film. (I might have passed on this one if not for the found film.)
- Canon Sure Shot 80 tele. I don’t usually go for point-and-shoot zooms, but I follow a couple of film photography bloggers who have an affinity for some of these, so I figured I’d take a chance on romance. If nothing else, I donate it back and recoup my $3 on my taxes.
I was proud of myself for leaving a broken rangefinder at the thrift for someone else. I have enough broken rangefinders at home already.
As soon as I got home, I loaded two AA batteries and a roll of ISO 400 into the 3D camera. Can’t wait to see what comes out of that!
Camera Walk
Connor only agreed to take a nature walk with me today if we could take turns photographing nature with the film camera I brought along.
Cross-Country
My son will sometimes pretend he’s The Flash, or Sonic the Hedgehog. He loves to run.
So, when I learned that our school district was hosting an Elementary Cross-Country Series, I knew I had to sign him up.
Unfortunately, we had to miss the first meet of the three-meet series because that was the day Connor had his annual checkup and flu shot — firstly, I couldn’t justify both coming in late to work for his appointment and leaving early for his cross-country meet; and secondly, he was hobbling around all day on his flu shot leg, so having his first-ever race on a bum leg would not have been a good experience.
I brought my “good” camera with me to capture Connor’s first-ever actual race, the second meet of the series.
