Paul
On Oct 22, 2004, at 11:24 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:33:45 -0400, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Great story. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the reunion with your first camera.. I remember my first camera but I have no idea if it still exists. It might be at my mother's house. It was a little box camera that took 610 film. I bought it at Cash Erler's camera store on 83rd and Stony Island in Chicago. It was probably 1958. I think I paid $2 for it. That was a lot: eight weeks allowance. But I wanted to try my hand at photography. Paul
My first camera:
http://www.ozcamera.com/photo%2011/1117.jpg
A Kodak Brownie Starflash. Took 127 roll film. I don't know how old I was when my folks got it for me, but I'm guessing around 10 or so. BTW, Sid, in 1966, I too was in grade 4, so we must be around the same age.
Anyway, I remember going to camp in the summer of 1967, and of course I brought my camera with me. I took several photos of the lake that were tilted at a 45 degree angle. I did this on purpose, 'cause I though it would look cool, the horizon going corner to corner and all (it shot square frames)
My folks laughed (well, not out loud, but I think they were stifling laughs so as not to hurt my feelings). I told them I did it purposely, but my dad, who was a pretty good photographer (owned a Yashica A tlr) told me that one didn't shoot like that, and to try to keep the horizon parallel to the edges of the frame.
Of course, nowadays, I'd just say, "Hey, man, that's my style!"
Thanks, Sid and Paul. Great memories, eh? AFAIK, that Brownie's still in my Mom's attic.
cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
