A Sad and Disgusting Photography Story
Aug 6, 2018 20:25:44 #
Buy a camera and keep your wonderful experiences on digital. To bad about your past but you had great adventures.
Aug 6, 2018 20:35:49 #
Im 88 and ever since I was 14 I always had my camera by my side. While in the navy I spent most my whole tour of duty out of Cuba. We did see most of the islands in the south Atlantic. Those photos I took back than were mostly 35mm slides. I have downloaded quite a bit but only put a small dent in the collection. When I remember A photo I took back than and try to find it the hunt begins. Sometimes I never do find it.
Aug 6, 2018 20:51:19 #
craig.j.tucker wrote:
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Just the opposite, I have photographs of almost everything I saw, but did not deeply experience. No regrets, but I suspect that yours was the better choice for you.
Taking pictures IS what drove me to get out into the world instead of sitting inside in safety and comfort. The pictures I gave away helped a shy person make friends, and the camera sanctified my being inside the roped off area many times. The actual pictures have little value to me now - I am still shooting for the living experience of doing it.
Boris
Aug 6, 2018 21:11:08 #
Aug 6, 2018 22:21:32 #
It seems like you have spent your life enjoying the moments, and now regret the lack of photographs. I have had the opposite problem. I have been interested in photography since I was a little kid. One thing it took me a while to learn is that sometimes you have to put the camera down and experience life, rather than taking pictures. At some point I was looking at pictures of one of my daughter's performance I realized I was so busy trying to take a good picture of the event, I didn't even notice what was going on in the performance. I then realized sometimes you just need to put the camera down, and take in life. Sometimes it is still hard for me to figure out what those times are, but I try. I now usually don't bring my camera to performances, and just buy the pro's pictures. Somewhere there must be a balance in taking pictures and enjoying the moment.
Aug 6, 2018 22:38:54 #
ChuckMc
Loc: Prescott, AZ
Look at it this way - if you had a camera in those situations, you might have changed the flow, even to the point that you might not be here now. History is what it is. Any change produces a series of unintended consequences. You cannot add/subtract without major consequences. My photo friend, enjoy what you have and go forward. Your story is not sad at all!
There were suggestions above about painting/drawing those situations. I suggest writing a stranger-than-fiction book. Frankly, it sounds like ya may have a best seller!
Chuck
There were suggestions above about painting/drawing those situations. I suggest writing a stranger-than-fiction book. Frankly, it sounds like ya may have a best seller!
Chuck
Aug 6, 2018 22:44:27 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
You have a right to lament your past situations. Okay, you've lamented! Now go out and take some photographs!
Aug 6, 2018 22:50:01 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
dsmeltz wrote:
Hess died in 1987 in prison. At that prison (Spandau) there were actual guards. It is certainly possible that the OP was a guard.
That's interesting. I want to look into that myself. Thanks, m
Aug 6, 2018 23:09:20 #
My problem is I can shoot photos all day, and just dwell on the photos I didn't get. I'm a glass half-empty guy.
Aug 7, 2018 11:15:29 #
craig.j.tucker wrote:
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Sounds like you have lead a very Exciting & Adventurous Life in those 60 years, Yes it is sad indeed that you have NO photos of these "Special Moments in Time".
If you have Children and Grandchildren, they would certainly have enjoyed those Photos too.
Aug 7, 2018 12:37:12 #
At least a camera didn't get in the way of the moment. I've heard that that can happen to some people. 
Aug 7, 2018 13:07:04 #
Back in the 70's I read a book called "The Complete Walker" by Colin Fletcher. In it he talked about taking a hiking trip, I think through the Grand Canyon, and about one day into it he lost all of his camera equipment. The trip was going to go on for another week or so, as I recall. The experience of the trip taught him how much he lost when he was a slave to his camera.
I am not advocating leaving the camera behind (obviously) but there is value in learning how to balance the desire for photography with ability to simply enjoy the experience.
I am not advocating leaving the camera behind (obviously) but there is value in learning how to balance the desire for photography with ability to simply enjoy the experience.
Aug 7, 2018 16:14:01 #
Aug 7, 2018 16:30:36 #
lsupremo
Loc: Palm Desert, CA
Craig,
I to am disgusted with my self!
As a boy in the late 40s my father taught me to use his 6x9 view camera and how to develop and print images then his new Leica 35mm. i won a few photo contests in grade school and high school.
Then found out about cars and girls, NO MORE IMAGES
In the early 60s while i Japan i bought a Nicon F2 and a couple of lens and started to create again. This time under the personal tutelage of Ruth Bernhard, Minor White, and . Lots of images.
Then I built a boat and sailed away, NO MORE IMAGES.
In 1983 I bought 43 acres of beach on an island in Fiji and built a little resort and lived on this Island called Qamea. STILL NO IMAGES.
NO IMAGES until 2016 when I bought a Nikon D7100 +++all the GAS, and the world opened up again.
I to am disgusted with my self!
As a boy in the late 40s my father taught me to use his 6x9 view camera and how to develop and print images then his new Leica 35mm. i won a few photo contests in grade school and high school.
Then found out about cars and girls, NO MORE IMAGES
In the early 60s while i Japan i bought a Nicon F2 and a couple of lens and started to create again. This time under the personal tutelage of Ruth Bernhard, Minor White, and . Lots of images.
Then I built a boat and sailed away, NO MORE IMAGES.
In 1983 I bought 43 acres of beach on an island in Fiji and built a little resort and lived on this Island called Qamea. STILL NO IMAGES.
NO IMAGES until 2016 when I bought a Nikon D7100 +++all the GAS, and the world opened up again.
craig.j.tucker wrote:
A Sad and Disgusting Photography Story br br br ... (show quote)
Aug 7, 2018 21:06:52 #
daeod
Loc: Levittown, PA
Some of the best photos are the ones I cannot shoot- no camera available, driving etc. They live in my memory and I can see them whenever I wish!
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