A LITTLE ANNIVERSARY
Aug 23, 2015 11:19:20 #
Although it hardly matters to anyone but me, in a few days it will be eighty years since I snapped my first picture. Eighty years since I entered the wonderful world of photography.
It was the last Sunday in August. The year was 1935. I was six and a half years old. An older cousin had given me a little ninety-eight cent Kodak Baby Brownie camera and I was anxious to try it out. The day was bright and sunny. I posed my mother and her brother, my Uncle Jack, in front of a large fountain in a park. I have no memory of what was on the rest of that roll, but the image of my mother and Uncle Jack in front of the fountain is forever etched in my mind, although the print and the negative are long gone.
On that sunny Sunday of long ago 1935, I had no inkling that from that time on, I would always have at least one camera, often several, and that photography would be a large part of my life. So, in a few days, I will celebrate an anniversary of sorts, eighty long years since I first clicked a shutter.
It was the last Sunday in August. The year was 1935. I was six and a half years old. An older cousin had given me a little ninety-eight cent Kodak Baby Brownie camera and I was anxious to try it out. The day was bright and sunny. I posed my mother and her brother, my Uncle Jack, in front of a large fountain in a park. I have no memory of what was on the rest of that roll, but the image of my mother and Uncle Jack in front of the fountain is forever etched in my mind, although the print and the negative are long gone.
On that sunny Sunday of long ago 1935, I had no inkling that from that time on, I would always have at least one camera, often several, and that photography would be a large part of my life. So, in a few days, I will celebrate an anniversary of sorts, eighty long years since I first clicked a shutter.
Aug 23, 2015 11:24:10 #
Aug 23, 2015 11:55:01 #
What a nice recollection and congratulations! :-D :-D :thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 23, 2015 12:01:50 #
Aug 23, 2015 12:11:30 #
Aug 23, 2015 12:17:25 #
Congratulations! Wonderful to know you've enjoyed photography for so many years.
Aug 23, 2015 12:40:51 #
jethro779 wrote:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Thanks for the thumbs up!
Aug 23, 2015 12:49:53 #
jederick wrote:
What a nice recollection and congratulations! :-D :-D :thumbup: :thumbup:
Many thanks for the comment.
Aug 23, 2015 12:50:51 #
Bret wrote:
Cheers!!!...I think I'll have a cold beer on that account.
Thanks. Enjoy the beer.
Aug 23, 2015 12:52:01 #
Aug 23, 2015 12:54:15 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Congratulations! Wonderful to know you've enjoyed photography for so many years.
Thanks you so much. I enjoyed those early years when everything was new.
Aug 23, 2015 13:00:00 #
Congradulations. I'm enjoying a nice Orange Juice to celebrate with you. I've got over 30 years of catching up to do. I only started in 8th grade when I was 13!
Aug 23, 2015 14:08:36 #
Aug 23, 2015 14:48:48 #
cjc2 wrote:
Congradulations. I'm enjoying a nice Orange Juice to celebrate with you. I've got over 30 years of catching up to do. I only started in 8th grade when I was 13!
Enjoy the orange juice. I hope you have enjoyed picture taking as much as I have.
Aug 23, 2015 14:51:23 #
charles brown wrote:
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More thumbs up. Thanks.
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