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Presumably taken at Eglin AFB. Not sure of the date of this one, but another photo in the same section of this album says "January 1943".
I think the initial "FO" means "Flight Officer," and I think "AAF" means "Army Air Force."
If my arithmetic is correct, he would have been approx 23 years old when this photo was taken.
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All of the photos in this album are “originals” from the period when I was an infant in the mid-1940s — i.e., the period before I lived in Omaha, Riverside, Roswell, New York, Ft. Worth, and Denver (photos of which you may have seen already in my Flickr archives).
Before I get into the details, let me make a strong request — if you’re looking at these photos, and if you are getting any enjoyment at all of this brief look at some mundane Americana from 70+ years ago: find a similar episode in your own life, and write it down. Gather the pictures, clean them up, and upload them somewhere on the Internet where they can be found. Trust me: there will come a day when the only person on the planet who actually experienced those events is you. Your own memories may be fuzzy and incomplete; but they will be invaluable to your friends and family members, and to many generations of your descendants.
My own story changes dramatically at this point: the man I’ve presented as my Dad in previous Flickr albums, Ray Yourdon, was actually my stepfather. My birth parents grew up in Washington DC, married, and moved to Florida in the early days of World War II. My birth father worked as a flight instructor for the Air Force, and I was born on an Air Force base near Ft. Walton Beach, in the panhandle section of Florida (which you can read about here, if you’re interested: www.eglin.af.mil )
Some time after that, my parents divorced and my mother moved back to Washington with me, to live with her mother. After a bitter custody battle over me (so I’ve been told), I didn’t see my birth-father again until I was 30—at which point I was surprised to learn that I had three more half-sisters, in addition to the two I had grown up with (i.e., both my mother and my birth-father had remarried after they got divorced from each other). But that’s another story, with another set of photos ...
Meanwhile, my mother worked as a secretary in the Pentagon as the war wound down, and when my stepfather ended up in Washington toward the end of his tour of duty in the Navy, they met, and married, and moved to Denver to begin a new life … chapters of which you’ve been seeing in these Flickr albums during the last several weeks.
So the photos in this album are from my birth in Florida through the first year or so of my childhood in Washington — uploaded in reverse chronological order, starting in 1945. I haven’t written any details, because I have no conscious memory of what was happening at the time; and at this point, all of my parents, step-parents, and grandparents are gone. Yes, I do have five wonderful sisters, all of whom share various memories with me; but I’m the oldest of the brood, so I have no siblings with first-hand information about what I was doing for the first year or two of my life.
All I have are the photos that you see here. But they do tell a story, and that’s why I think it’s so important that you track down all of your own photos and preserve them somewhere for the generations who will follow after you.
Surprising source of fall color in Eno River State Park, Cabelands section
Pentax K-1
Lensbaby Velvet 56/1.6
Iridient Developer
Eno River State Park.
Two-shot panorama, IR-converted Pentax K-5 (590nm) with external 720nm filter. After adjusting the color balance I left this "in color", so there's some subtle toning.
Pentax K-5 (converted to 590nm IR)
SMC Pentax 1:1.8 55mm
Haida 720nm IR filter
Iridient Developer
Stitched in Affinity Photo
An early morning walk along the Eno River. So gorgeous. and my #nikond7000 and a tripod, practicing long exposure photography. . . . . #delightfulNature #exploreCarolina #ig_northcarolina #igersnc #Nature_brilliance #natureNC #ncphotos #outaboutnc #photoarena_nature #photographs_nc #tnc_nc #visitNC #weloveNC #homeNC #LongExposure #EnoRiver
Eno Arts Mill's March Opening, Hillsborough, NC, March 5, 2022.
Brought to you by the Orange County Arts Commission.
A pair of American Hornbeam (AKA Ironwood, Carpinus) along the Eno River.
Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax 1:3.5 35mm
Iridient Developer
Vivid Sydney is billed as the "biggest international music and light festival in the Southern Hemisphere".
In a major artwork by Brian Eno, Luminous launches with the lighting of the Sydney Opera House sails. (Official Site)
See also : My other Vivid Sydney photos.
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Eno River State Park, Cole Mill section.
Pentax K-1
Mirex tilt/shift adapter
SMC Pentax-FA 645 1:2.8 75mm
Iridient Developer
Surprising source of fall color in Eno River State Park, Cabelands section
Pentax K-1
Lensbaby Velvet 56/1.6
Iridient Developer