When somebody says they were a professional photographer ...
Sep 17, 2018 22:00:22 #
... you just never know.
I was watching Barney Miller and during the interview a guy said he had been a photographer. When asked what happened he replied, "My pony died".
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I was watching Barney Miller and during the interview a guy said he had been a photographer. When asked what happened he replied, "My pony died".
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Sep 17, 2018 22:12:57 #
Sep 17, 2018 22:33:06 #
waterford
Loc: Perth West Australia
Bill_de wrote:
... you just never know.
I was watching Barney Miller and during the interview a guy said he had been a photographer. When asked what happened he replied, "My pony died".
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I was watching Barney Miller and during the interview a guy said he had been a photographer. When asked what happened he replied, "My pony died".
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I am lost with this. Is it a pun, or is there some hidden meaning? I am sure not many other Australians understand it either. Will some kind person please explain it?
Sep 17, 2018 22:47:14 #
waterford wrote:
I am lost with this. Is it a pun, or is there some hidden meaning? I am sure not many other Australians understand it either. Will some kind person please explain it?
http://westparkhistory.com/articles/PONY%20PHOTOGRAPHER/PONYPHOTOGRAPHER.html
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Sep 18, 2018 00:01:12 #
Bill_de wrote:
http://westparkhistory.com/articles/PONY%20PHOTOGRAPHER/PONYPHOTOGRAPHER.html --
Bill, thank you for posting the West Park History and examples of “pony photography”. I was born in Cleveland in 1946 and lived in Shaker and, later, Warrensville Heights. Pony photographers were a common sight on major holidays and at the birthday parties of my playmates. This article and its related links brought back some very fond memories for me. Thanks again. — Ralph
Sep 18, 2018 06:45:13 #
And I thought he meant his Kodak Pony. An entry level 35mm scale focusing rangefinder style with a 40 mm 3.5 (if I remember) lens from the 1950's. Had fun and learned a lot. Plastic body chipped when I dropped it. Never could glue it back together enough tos top teh light leaks. Now it would be in style like the Holga.
Sep 18, 2018 07:13:47 #
I did not know about the Kodak pony camera. I immediately thought of the pony animal.
I wonder which one was referenced in the line in the show.
I wonder which one was referenced in the line in the show.
Sep 18, 2018 07:55:52 #
waterford wrote:
I am lost with this. Is it a pun, or is there some hidden meaning? I am sure not many other Australians understand it either. Will some kind person please explain it?
This is a riot. I’m not into self-promotion, but if you check out my bio at www.fotomacher.ca you’ll see a photograph taken when I was 4 years old. This image was captured by such a professional photographer.
Sep 18, 2018 08:02:33 #
rjaywallace wrote:
Bill, thank you for posting the West Park History and examples of “pony photography”. I was born in Cleveland in 1946 and lived in Shaker and, later, Warrensville Heights. Pony photographers were a common sight on major holidays and at the birthday parties of my playmates. This article and its related links brought back some very fond memories for me. Thanks again. — Ralph
Hey ralph, I don't see many people from Shaker on here. My first wife grew up across the street from the H.S. there, along with her three brothers. MacCutcheon.
As for the Pony Photog. Yep, I agree with the door to door aspect of our lives back then. I was in the country outside Chicago back then, and "no pony" for me. But we lived adjacent to a horse farm so I was not deprived of the sight, just did not get to ride.
Sep 18, 2018 08:47:18 #
I have a picture of my dad, as a very young child, taken on a pony. It has to be about 1909 or 1910.
Sep 18, 2018 09:14:52 #
The Pony Photographers were all over the US. I had a picture in about 1950 as a child in Alexandria, VA just outside Washington DC and my wife had one in West Virginia in 1957.
The pony was almost always a pretty, chubby paint and in my case the guy went door to door in the neighborhood.
The pony was almost always a pretty, chubby paint and in my case the guy went door to door in the neighborhood.
Sep 18, 2018 09:50:09 #
marketing is everything... on the commercial side of the equation it's not about gear, it is so totally about solicitation of clientele and keeping those cherished clients by continuously exceeding expectations... the lion's share of commercial photographers revenue stream goes for promoting their craft... and today it's all about building a strong presence on social media...
The new "pony" in the room is Instagram... without an excessively strong IG presence you are virtually invisible to clients (even high end commercial clients)... only when your followers are numbered in K's are you considered to have merit... maybe pony up to IG, k?
example
https://www.instagram.com/azzedinealaiaofficial/
enough said...
The new "pony" in the room is Instagram... without an excessively strong IG presence you are virtually invisible to clients (even high end commercial clients)... only when your followers are numbered in K's are you considered to have merit... maybe pony up to IG, k?
example
https://www.instagram.com/azzedinealaiaofficial/
enough said...
Sep 18, 2018 10:26:57 #
I too have a photo of myself in cowboy gear on a pony circa 1956. Many fond memories.
Sep 18, 2018 10:44:50 #
G. Crook
Loc: Linden, TX
I missed the point until I read the article. I grew up living in the country. The first time I was on a horse I was still in diapers (so I was told). We always had horses and many pictures.
Sep 18, 2018 11:05:05 #
We have pictures of parents and grandparents on ponies, taken when the photographer came into town. One of the pictures is not a pony, it's a goat. So maybe that guy's pony died also and he just had a good imagination to substitute the goat!
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