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''Come fly with me to the memory lane...''
The ''good-bye'' terraces and balconies of the airports.
Great shots dudler...
especially the sports ones which combine a hint of motion with the sharpness of the still image.
pablophotographer
The ''good-bye'' terraces and balconies of the airports.
Great shots dudler...
especially the sports ones which combine a hint of motion with the sharpness of the still image.
pablophotographer
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What a treasure trove ! The high jump,(3) is a good show of emotions - the exultation of the jumper and the tubby lad stroking his chin wondering if he could do that. 12 brings back memories for me as I have a pic of myself in just the same pose with an almost identical low wing model plane. Taken somewhat earlier than yours though - late 1940s !
Geoff
Geoff
These are brilliant! I love photographs of the past and they certainly don't need to be of expert quality or of life changing events to be interesting. Just a look back at a past way of living. I have many books of old pictures, one called 'Panoramas of Lost London' is one of my favourites, it is the size and weight of a paving slab and the images fascinate me, past lives, just looking at the faces of people, just living their lives just like you and me, and the quality is so good with a magnifying glass you can often see whats for sale in shop windows.
Touching the past....excellent!
Dave
Touching the past....excellent!
Dave
A very emotional collection. Long forgotten times come back to me in a flash. I still have the bakelite Kodak Brownie with which I took my first photos. I have packs of photos by the dozen. The last frame was always in the back garden, using up the roll before taking it to Boots.
Occasionally large treasure troves of old photographs come to light - check this out. Hundreds of thousands of images, found in an old attic after the owner retired and sold up.
What always fascinates me is that the pictures that really capture the public imagination are not the high quality art work - still life, flowers, landscapes. It's the pictures with people that we want to see. Past lives...
It's amazing to think that out of the thousands of years of human civilization, only the last few generations have been able to leave their presence like this.
What always fascinates me is that the pictures that really capture the public imagination are not the high quality art work - still life, flowers, landscapes. It's the pictures with people that we want to see. Past lives...
It's amazing to think that out of the thousands of years of human civilization, only the last few generations have been able to leave their presence like this.
Very interesting John and it has brought back some memories for me too though I'd guess maybe ten years later than these.
Not bad at all from a 126 Instamatic. I had one too, it was my first camera. I actually used transparency film in mine and looking back I'm surprised how many exposures were 'ok'.
It can be hard to remember details. I'd put as much as I could in the caption field in the File Info. It's something I suspect few do even to digital images. Exif data is just camera settings on the whole but the interesting information never gets added, people, places, events, activities and so forth. Having been involved in archiving images these items are crucial.
Not bad at all from a 126 Instamatic. I had one too, it was my first camera. I actually used transparency film in mine and looking back I'm surprised how many exposures were 'ok'.
It can be hard to remember details. I'd put as much as I could in the caption field in the File Info. It's something I suspect few do even to digital images. Exif data is just camera settings on the whole but the interesting information never gets added, people, places, events, activities and so forth. Having been involved in archiving images these items are crucial.
Well, you must have known it was coming
And I meant to say - so near and yet so far away...
A wonderful find John and very well worked. These are all about memories, not works of art.
John
John
Wonderful set
What a fine collection. Excellent set full of memories and insight to a past time
A great collection of family images, great memories John
Cliff
Cliff
A treasure of golden memories, John! Priceless for everyone these photos.
The quality of the photos is very high for instamatic camera. I never had one like this (with the same money was sold the USSR "Lubitel 2", 6x6 - film 120), but as I remember, photos of Instamatic 50, the most widespread at that time, had a bad quality. Obviously Instamatic 100 was a much better model.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful memories!
Dimitris
The quality of the photos is very high for instamatic camera. I never had one like this (with the same money was sold the USSR "Lubitel 2", 6x6 - film 120), but as I remember, photos of Instamatic 50, the most widespread at that time, had a bad quality. Obviously Instamatic 100 was a much better model.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful memories!
Dimitris
Dimitris - the 100 was one of the original lineup - and I have found one negative that reminded me that some of the shots were taken with a 200, which had adjustable aperture, and so was good in dimmer light. Still fixed focus, fixed shutter speed, though.
I wonder if the usual process of cheapening design happened with later models? That might explain why the quality was lower.
Or, maybe, that my father was a serious man when it came to doing technical things, and he may have instructed me well in holding a camera still. You can see cameras in two picture here - there's the Box Brownie that my sister is holding in one shot (V5), and a Braun Super Paxette 2BL round my Dad's neck in another shot with her (V1). The Brownie Six Twenty Junior was my first camera, and I still have the Paxette.
I wonder if the usual process of cheapening design happened with later models? That might explain why the quality was lower.
Or, maybe, that my father was a serious man when it came to doing technical things, and he may have instructed me well in holding a camera still. You can see cameras in two picture here - there's the Box Brownie that my sister is holding in one shot (V5), and a Braun Super Paxette 2BL round my Dad's neck in another shot with her (V1). The Brownie Six Twenty Junior was my first camera, and I still have the Paxette.
Have a box of old photos in the loft which you have just reminded me of by posting these. A fascinating look back into the past. The fashion and hair styles of the period are always interesting.
The last one is my favourite with the turned up hem on the jeans and the washing in the background. The composition of the shot shows the emerging talent of your photographic skills.
The last one is my favourite with the turned up hem on the jeans and the washing in the background. The composition of the shot shows the emerging talent of your photographic skills.
