Nearly every image on chromasia was taken with a digital camera, and most were taken within the last few years, but chromasia is the product of my second time of being interested in photography – which started when Libby bought me a FujiFilm FinexPix 40i, not long before Rhowan was born in 2001.
Prior to that I hadn't taken any photographs for around 15 years. Well, I had, but only snapshots on a point and shoot film camera, none of which were especially memorable. When I was younger though – in my twenties – I printed my own black and white photographs and got through hundreds of colour films – mostly slides, but also some print films. I don't think that I ever really got to grips with photography at that time, but it was a passion.
Anyway, my reason for mentioning all this is that the image I've posted tonight was taken some time in the early 80's, with my Canon A-1 and a 50mm standard lens. I don't think I've looked at this one for at least five years, but we've been decorating in recent months, and changing various rooms around, and one of the boxes I keep dragging around is a large cardboard box stuffed full of old photographs. I haven't looked through it for years, but went through some of them earlier today and came across two that brought back a lot of memories.
This one was taken during a camping trip, and though I can't remember this guy's name, seeing the photograph brought back a flood of memories, both about the trip itself and other events that were happening in my life at the time.
comment byrhys at 08:27 PM (GMT) on 1 November, 2007
With the dilute colours this looks like a film still from some 70's Road Movie. I like it.
comment by&Once at 08:42 PM (GMT) on 1 November, 2007
So a trully vintage , indeed this card boxes hide a lot of memories .
comment by Sharla at 11:28 PM (GMT) on 1 November, 2007
I was playing with some old negatives recently and had similar feelings. Dealing with the color shifts and smudges were a disappointment after a few years of digital pictures. I always grit my teeth when someone takes a photo and carelessly handles it, leaving fingerprints. I've inadvertently fingerprinted many of my friends over the years. So, I was coureous whose prints you've collected on your print?
comment bydjn1 at 11:38 PM (GMT) on 1 November, 2007
Sharla: I suspect they're my own – I haven't been especially careful with these prints, and lost the negatives long ago.
Dave
Good idea to get retro with some images, I spent some long evenings a while back going through my back catalogue of negatives, and bought myself a filmscanner, it was an absolute bargain, and performed fantastically. It was a Plustek 7200dpi scanner http://www.datamind.co.uk/Templates/frmTemplateP.asp?CatalogID=1084&Zoom=Yes&SubFolderId=206 Now its not an expensive item, but I was amazed at what it could do with the negative, and I've used a few 'good' makes before. It comes highly recommended. I think I'l l post some examples on id7 tonight, and let you be the judge.
Craig @ id7.co.uk
comment bypaflechien at 02:21 PM (GMT) on 2 November, 2007
He he, looks like a scanned picture, from an old camera...
comment bydjn1 at 09:28 PM (GMT) on 2 November, 2007
Thanks all.
comment byJosef Renklint at 08:54 AM (GMT) on 3 November, 2007
Very nice shot. I like the story behind the shot as well, good reading!
comment byPhilippe Roy at 08:47 AM (GMT) on 4 November, 2007
What a wonderful shot! I don't know you (personally) at all and yet it seems to bring me way back... I love old film.
comment by Simon at 01:48 PM (GMT) on 5 November, 2007
Looks like David Baddiel :)
comment by pu2 at 06:13 PM (GMT) on 5 December, 2007
There is something disturbing about the fact that you can sell this print online, available to anyone in the whole world to buy, and at the same time he has no idea. You can't even remember the guy's name..
comment bydjn1 at 06:23 PM (GMT) on 5 December, 2007
pu2: well spotted: this shouldn't have been available as a print. I've removed the purchase link.
Nearly every image on chromasia was taken with a digital camera, and most were taken within the last few years, but chromasia is the product of my second time of being interested in photography – which started when Libby bought me a FujiFilm FinexPix 40i, not long before Rhowan was born in 2001.
Prior to that I hadn't taken any photographs for around 15 years. Well, I had, but only snapshots on a point and shoot film camera, none of which were especially memorable. When I was younger though – in my twenties – I printed my own black and white photographs and got through hundreds of colour films – mostly slides, but also some print films. I don't think that I ever really got to grips with photography at that time, but it was a passion.
Anyway, my reason for mentioning all this is that the image I've posted tonight was taken some time in the early 80's, with my Canon A-1 and a 50mm standard lens. I don't think I've looked at this one for at least five years, but we've been decorating in recent months, and changing various rooms around, and one of the boxes I keep dragging around is a large cardboard box stuffed full of old photographs. I haven't looked through it for years, but went through some of them earlier today and came across two that brought back a lot of memories.
This one was taken during a camping trip, and though I can't remember this guy's name, seeing the photograph brought back a flood of memories, both about the trip itself and other events that were happening in my life at the time.
With the dilute colours this looks like a film still from some 70's Road Movie. I like it.
So a trully vintage , indeed this card boxes hide a lot of memories .
I was playing with some old negatives recently and had similar feelings. Dealing with the color shifts and smudges were a disappointment after a few years of digital pictures. I always grit my teeth when someone takes a photo and carelessly handles it, leaving fingerprints. I've inadvertently fingerprinted many of my friends over the years. So, I was coureous whose prints you've collected on your print?
Sharla: I suspect they're my own – I haven't been especially careful with these prints, and lost the negatives long ago.
Dave
Good idea to get retro with some images, I spent some long evenings a while back going through my back catalogue of negatives, and bought myself a filmscanner, it was an absolute bargain, and performed fantastically. It was a Plustek 7200dpi scanner http://www.datamind.co.uk/Templates/frmTemplateP.asp?CatalogID=1084&Zoom=Yes&SubFolderId=206 Now its not an expensive item, but I was amazed at what it could do with the negative, and I've used a few 'good' makes before. It comes highly recommended. I think I'l l post some examples on id7 tonight, and let you be the judge.
Craig @ id7.co.uk
He he, looks like a scanned picture, from an old camera...
Thanks all.
Very nice shot. I like the story behind the shot as well, good reading!
What a wonderful shot! I don't know you (personally) at all and yet it seems to bring me way back... I love old film.
Looks like David Baddiel :)
There is something disturbing about the fact that you can sell this print online, available to anyone in the whole world to buy, and at the same time he has no idea. You can't even remember the guy's name..
pu2: well spotted: this shouldn't have been available as a print. I've removed the purchase link.