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ODC Saints or Sinners.
Well I think my Dad would be the first to admit to having been a bit of both.
His 90th birthday today and we all went out for a celebratory meal then returned home for cake, sparklers, and believe it or not, cups of tea lol! Have loads of photo's to wade through but just too tired to look tonight.
Agfa camera (maybe an Agfa Ambi Silette)
Kodachrome
This is my dad in his apartment in Hochheim, Germany. Looking sharp! :)
Images I took of my parents last spring... dad always does what I ask, but for the first time my mom was totally into it. :)
hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend...
Chernivtsi, Ukraine.
SLR Camera: Fujica STX-1
Lens: X-Fujinon EBC 50mm f1.6
Film: Agfa Vista 100 (expired in 2008) - was exposed as 50 ISO
Filter: Hoya UV(0)
To see the pictures taken with this camera click here.
Thank you for your comments and Fav's.
RAF-2yrs 3mths, 1947-1949
TA 14yrs, 1949 - 1955 (Territorial Army)
TAVR 14yrs, 1955 - 1977 (Territorial Army Volunteer Service)
RCOT ?yrs, 1977 - ? not sure when he finished. (Royal Corps of Transport)
His role was in REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)
No hike is complete without stopping for a bite afterward, This time we stopped here, at Dad's. The owner was chef at a 3 star Michelin restaurant before deciding to open this tiny operation, enabling him to spend more time with his family. The menu is limited, but the selections are interesting. And tasty. If you're in the area it is worth stopping in for lunch.
shot by mom.
Don't be a dick, do not use or blog, without my permission. All my images are registered with the US Copyright Office and protected internationally through the Berne Convention.
Please do not ask me to join groups unless I know you.
All the 35mm shots from my dad that I've been posting lately came from this nifty little Kodak Retina I, built circa 1937.
As a hand-me-down from dad, this was actually the first 35mm camera I ever used, starting when I was 11 years old. Talk about getting thrown in the deep end. With this camera you need to carry a separate handheld lightmeter, transfer the exposure settings, and estimate the distance to the subject (in meters!)
Eventually I made a little display case for this and some of my other early cameras that aren't quite up to regular use. The shutter spring on this one feels like it needs to take a rest, which certainly it has richly earned.
male blackbird, (turdus merula) keeping a watchfull eye on one of its fledgelings. who left the nest to early due to that damn cat prowling about my garden near the nest. which was in the ivy covering the fence,hawick, scottish borders, scotland.
Dad was born on this day, October 29, in 1912. This photo might have been taken on his 50th birthday in 1962, If not on the day, it would have been close to it. Dad was the grower (greenhouse guy) on the nursery, and we were living in a little cottage opposite this greenhouse. It was probably my mother who took the photo, but there is slight possibility that it was I.
©AnviclcloudPhotography
Dad came over, and actually brought an orchid for me to photograph. He said he'd like a 5x7.
That's never happened before!
So, I took about a dozen shots and put them on the computer. He chose this one.
Off to Staples for the print!
While we were there, we visited the grave of my father's college friend that he had lost touch with. I'm glad we got to do it, it felt important.
Today, my father passed away, just two days before his ninety-third birthday. I told my sister that one advantage to being obsessed with photography is that I put several collages together in just a few minutes. This is the one my wife, Janice liked best.
The latest photo in the collage is the one on the bottom right. Dad died under the care of his grandson, Andrew, and his wife, Emily, in their home. Emily is a hospice nurse. The children in the photo are Dad's great-grandchildren. In the few days he stayed at their home, Dad was unconscious most of the time. Andrew took this image during one of Dad's lucid moments.
It is totally appropriate for me to visit my dad's shed on a Saturday afternoon - since hanging out here is one of the lovely memories I have from childhood. Quite a few changes as the shed has been upgraded since my dads retirement.. but some things are the same.
BTW the models that I made as an architecture student and tried to throw out are all decaying gracefully(???) in the top of the shed- I have faintly indicated 3 of them in this sketch.
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This is part of the Everyday in May challenge - drawing something every day
in May. A group of us thought it would be fun to do a Everyday Matters (EDM)
challenge each day using EDM 1-31. The list is here
The Group
Alissa flickr
Wendy (QuirkyArtist) flickr or blog
Jennifer Blog flickr
TravellingSueP blog
Deborah blog
Margaret blog
Anna blog
Marthann blog
Yasemin blog
Carol blog
Matthew flickr
Johanna blog
Sandra blog
Tyanne flickr
PrettyArtyBuildings blog
Maureen flickr
AJoyfulmoc flickr
LuxdLux flickr
Claire blog
Janene blog
This is a view of my dad's place in Halifax. The pond is our swimming pool made by Mother Nature, doesn't require a heater or chlorine. As a child I spent more time swimming and fishing in my backyard than most people do in a life time