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Photographer: Rembrandt photo studio, Address: Klostergasse 19
Location: Brașov / Kronstadt / Brassó, now in Romania
Date: ~ 1904
The portrayed: Christine Walaschek (future Christine Obregia), embracing her son Alexandru Obregia (son of the psychiatrist) and 3 other unknown ladies.
Format: cabinet card
(By courtesy of Mrs. Lilian Theil)
Fujifilm Single Use Camera
ISO 400
This series was taken using single use cameras; the scanned photos were edited in Lightroom, though I left many aspects of the original film images intact (e.g., the grain/unsharpness, and lens defects). It is often said that a photographer should be able to create effective images with any camera, but one rarely puts oneself to the test. One function of this exercise was thus to force myself to practice seeing using a very humble instrument: a camera for which the ISO is fixed, the aperture is fixed, the focal length is fixed, and even the point of focus is fixed (and, at that, often of poor calibration). Like the image of an object underwater, the subject through the viewfinder on such a camera is not quite where it appears, and one must guess at the true field of view. A far cry from a modern digital camera, though an echo of the sorts of cameras I had access to as a child! To be effective with such an instrument demands that one's craft transcend the limits of the tool. Different audiences may or may not agree on whether I accomplished that, but it is a task worth attempting every now and again.
In all honesty, another - more petty - reason for this series was fatigue with the endless cycle of hardware critique. I love tools, and the distinctive affordances of different tools, but tools suffice for neither craft nor art. As wonderful as it is to have fancier lenses, better sensors, and other modern conveniences, the great photographers of earlier decades did amazing work with technology that is in some ways eclipsed by a modern cell phone camera. To tell eager new photographers that they need $20,000 worth of the latest gear to make acceptable art is at best a cruel hoax, and at worst a way of keeping them from realizing their potential. Being of perverse bent, such debates motivated me to see what I could do with the worst possible equipment. I hope that the results reinforce the eternal point that the camera does not make the image, and that art can be done with whatever instrument is at hand.
Không biết sẽ có ai nói với mình là :
"Nếu trên đời này có người đàn ông nào yêu em hơn anh thì đó sẽ là bố em"
không nhỉ ? =))
A long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of WWII. The P-51 flew most of its wartime missions as a bomber escort in raids over Germany, helping ensure Allied air superiority from early 1944. It also saw limited service against the Japanese in the Pacific War. The Mustang began the Korean War as the UN's main fighter, but was relegated to a ground attack role when superseded by jet fighters early in the conflict. Nevertheless, it remained in service with some air forces until the early 1980s.
As well as being economical to produce, the Mustang was a fast, well-made, and highly durable aircraft. The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650, a two-stage two-speed supercharged version of the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, and was armed with six .50-inch M2 Browning machine guns. After WWII II and the Korean War, many Mustangs were converted for civilian use, especially air racing. The Mustang's reputation was such that, in the mid-1960s, Ford Motor Company's Designer John Najjar proposed naming a new youth-oriented coupe automobile after the fighter - but I don't have any photos of the cars...
The Mustang was flown by Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Republic of China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany (captured and used during WWII), Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, the Soviet Union, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and Uruguay. This particular example is 463221 G-BTCD Candyman/Moose, seen at the Imperial War Museum's site at RAF Duxford.
Lilies in Mom & Dad's yard (and of course they have already come and gone, but great when they were all in bloom!)
Some, not all coaches, are walking contradictions!
Telling your players, "Be a true sportsman", then, rub your opponents face in the dirt when the game is never in doubt, rubbish!
Stealing bases when you're up (14-2) in the final innings of the game contradicts your so called team message! It shows your true character coach and it's the cool-aid your players are drinking.
My silly rant for the month. Next!
Day 19 of a month long series using an Auto-Takumar (Zebra) 55mm f1.8 lens.
Uncropped image using 70mm extension tube.
My design wall is starting to get overloaded here...wonder what my husband would say if I asked for a second one... ;)
Above Destin's Miramar beach, a single gull seems to pause and pose head on for the camera. This, by my best guess, is a Luaghing Gull (Larus aricilla) which is a year round resident of Florida.
1890s
USA
These patches work by pushing the football-shaped end of the patch through the hole/cut in the tire. The threaded post swivels sideways to allow it to go through pointed-end first. Then you turn the L-handle counterclockwise until it clamps the cupped-shape end against the tire tread surface. Once you've sealed the leak between the two clamp-halves you bend the threaded post back and forth until it snaps off - leaving only the brass button showing on the outside of the tire. Then you pump air back into the tire and get back to riding. The rubber plug version patch on the right is pulled through the hole by the string and then seals the hole with the help of vulcanizing fluid.
A herd of Wildebeest crossing the Mara river in a very orderly fashion. This was a peaceful crossing in fairly shallow water with no crocodiles nearby.