Joseph Peightel
08/19/2016365 Main Street Project – 138 of 365
World Photography Day
The patent for the daguerreotype, an early form of photography (and gift from the French), was released to the public on August 19, 1839, but it wasn’t until 2010 that the day would begin serving as a celebration for all photography.
With the rise in photography’s popularity, a group of photographers came together to set aside August 19 as World Photo Day. The group that originally established World Photo Day continues to encourage photographers to share a single photo with their view of the world to celebrate the art of photography.
That’s my Dad’s Mamaya C3 Professional Twin Lens Reflex in the photo. You can see the image through the viewfinder here.
www.flickr.com/photos/sixstring563/29066364726/in/datetak...
This was THE camera of my youth. Long before I found myself behind my first DSLR camera in my 40’s, with this camera as a child, I was often in front of it, as a subject standing alongside my brother. Those photos typically had Dan with an awkward and reluctant smile and me with a shit-eating grin. I think of all the places my parents took us as kids a lot now. And I think of my Dad a lot too… looking down through viewfinder, seeing us reversed as is the way with a TLR.
The camera survived a horrific car accident in 1967 when our family tumbled down the side of a mountain along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. We all survived no worse for the wear as did the Mamaya. First photography lessons there…protect the camera as you would a family member and if you’re thinking of purchasing a camera, buy a surviving beast of a rig.
Read more:
www.digitaltrends.com/photography/world-photography-day-2...
08/19/2016365 Main Street Project – 138 of 365
World Photography Day
The patent for the daguerreotype, an early form of photography (and gift from the French), was released to the public on August 19, 1839, but it wasn’t until 2010 that the day would begin serving as a celebration for all photography.
With the rise in photography’s popularity, a group of photographers came together to set aside August 19 as World Photo Day. The group that originally established World Photo Day continues to encourage photographers to share a single photo with their view of the world to celebrate the art of photography.
That’s my Dad’s Mamaya C3 Professional Twin Lens Reflex in the photo. You can see the image through the viewfinder here.
www.flickr.com/photos/sixstring563/29066364726/in/datetak...
This was THE camera of my youth. Long before I found myself behind my first DSLR camera in my 40’s, with this camera as a child, I was often in front of it, as a subject standing alongside my brother. Those photos typically had Dan with an awkward and reluctant smile and me with a shit-eating grin. I think of all the places my parents took us as kids a lot now. And I think of my Dad a lot too… looking down through viewfinder, seeing us reversed as is the way with a TLR.
The camera survived a horrific car accident in 1967 when our family tumbled down the side of a mountain along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. We all survived no worse for the wear as did the Mamaya. First photography lessons there…protect the camera as you would a family member and if you’re thinking of purchasing a camera, buy a surviving beast of a rig.
Read more:
www.digitaltrends.com/photography/world-photography-day-2...