Is it Just Me....
Aug 27, 2022 11:01:51 #
Obviously, the interest of others in your photos falls short of your expectation. Join the club.
Some philosophers identify the universal need for recognition among humans. Photographers remain subject to this profound need.
Take heart. At least a fraction of your family photographs possess unique value. The passage of time will produce a deserved interest in some of your photographic work, particularly among present and future family members.
I hear that ancestry.com allows storage of photographs for posterity. If so, you could download your family photographs to this Web-site. You'd have to make others aware of this treasure trove.
Some philosophers identify the universal need for recognition among humans. Photographers remain subject to this profound need.
Take heart. At least a fraction of your family photographs possess unique value. The passage of time will produce a deserved interest in some of your photographic work, particularly among present and future family members.
I hear that ancestry.com allows storage of photographs for posterity. If so, you could download your family photographs to this Web-site. You'd have to make others aware of this treasure trove.
EvKar wrote:
Sorry if this topic has come up before, but let me... (show quote)
Aug 27, 2022 13:53:59 #
11bravo wrote:
Pluses and minuses... I certainly enjoyed my film... (show quote)
I have a Yashica GSN with camera case and Aux. Wide Angle & Telephoto lenes. Battery holder & Tele-Wide Finder. Found it at a local yard sale two months ago. Test it with film, no problems. I also have a Yashica IC Lynx-14E, the camera with 1:1.4 45mm lens. Send this camera out to have work done on it. Came back working great.
Aug 27, 2022 14:24:05 #
One thing I suggest for young couples is to make or have made some 8X10 prints of a special event like birth or first Birthday put them in a envelop to be opened 20 years later. That could be a special moment in a family's life.
Aug 27, 2022 14:32:56 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
When I was in High School I started with an old Kodak 35mm camera. Never liked the rangefinder but that was so long ago I don’t remember why. I got an Exakta SLR which I liked a lot better. No parallax. A friend had a Leica and we had a friendly disagreement about which was better.
I had a Leica IIIb. First, bad thing about the camera, putting film in to the camera. Size of the camera, no wonder back in the 1930s & 40s people had go nuts to have one. That is still true today. Have to get use to having a small rangefinder to look though. No light meter, so one has to use 16 rulers of light, which for me is no problem. But to other people that could become a big deal. Cost of owning one, which can be a very big deal to a lot of people. I sold my for $500.00 a few years back. Who wants to spend $500.00 on a 70 to 80 years old camera?
I have a clone of the Leica IIIb, it is the Nicca Type IIIS with a Nippon Kogaku's Nikkor -H.C 1:2 5cm lens. The cost of Nicca Type IIIS is at $100.00 less than a Leica. My Nicca was made in 1952. Outside of name on the top of both cameras, you are looking at the same camera. If you one of those cameras, get it off the bookcase and put some film in it and use it.
Aug 27, 2022 14:56:09 #
Seabastes wrote:
One thing I suggest for young couples is to make or have made some 8X10 prints of a special event like birth or first Birthday put them in a envelop to be opened 20 years later. That could be a special moment in a family's life.
Great idea but I’m guessing most couples won’t be together in 20 years. So who gets the photos.
Aug 27, 2022 16:13:12 #
charlienow wrote:
Great idea but I’m guessing most couples won’t be together in 20 years. So who gets the photos.
https://www.brides.com/how-long-do-average-u-s-marriages-last-4590261
In the USA, average length of a marriage is 8 years.
In Italy, 18 years.
https://www.lawinfo.com/resources/divorce/how-long-does-the-average-marriage-last.html
7 years from this site.
https://sellecklegal.com/how-long-does-the-average-marriage-last/
'If the divorce process takes roughly a year, and if you assume that people may wait for at least a few months before filing for divorce, it’s possible that many people get the seven-year-itch and then wind up officially divorcing after eight years. '
Aug 28, 2022 17:03:36 #
I agree with the responses to your topic. My "solution" (yeah, right!) is to make photobooks of family vacations and trips with my wife and give a copy of the vacation book to the family, but only make one copy of the wife only trip book for the two of us. Every few years I will make a photobook just for myself.
During Covid I shared a photo a day with my neighbors - any subject from flowers, to birds, to scenery - along with a cheerful thought. It was surprising how different neighbors reacted to different photos. One neighbor had a painting business and really enjoyed my photo of a lighthouse being painted. At this point am just putting some photos up on facebook once in a while.
During Covid I shared a photo a day with my neighbors - any subject from flowers, to birds, to scenery - along with a cheerful thought. It was surprising how different neighbors reacted to different photos. One neighbor had a painting business and really enjoyed my photo of a lighthouse being painted. At this point am just putting some photos up on facebook once in a while.
Aug 29, 2022 10:57:40 #
Photo Books with Captions for Historical Purposes it is.... Thanks to You All for the great discussion. And Esther your response is one of my big motivators... thank you for your input and keep them coming!
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