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Happy IWSG Day!
Welcome November!
The awesome co-hosts for the November 6 posting of the IWSG are Diedre Knight, Lisa Buie Collard , Kim Lajevardi, and Me!
Hello and welcome to the November IWSG Blog Hop! I am thrilled to be one of the "awesome" co-hosts this month. Looking forward to visiting many of my IWSG friends and meeting new IWSG bloggers! Thank you for joining in on the fun.
November 6 question
What creative activity do you engage in when you're not writing?
I enjoy taking photos of nature, family, and events in my "real" life thanks to my dear great Aunt Elizabeth. She was the unofficial photographer of the family.
I was fascinated as she clutched her Brownie camera and peered into the glass viewfinder on top of the camera to frame her shot. The strap was attached to the camera so Aunt E. could hang the leather strap around the back of her neck. This helped her keep the camera steady, but also she couldn't lose it!
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| Brownie camera Courtesy of Danson67 on Pixabay |
In those good old days, all pictures were saved on film, not to a digital file. No filters that we use today to change the lighting or enhance the picture. She wouldn't know if the picture was in focus or too dark or light until she took the film to the drugstore to have it developed. Only one or two pictures were taken of the subject. Today we snap six or eight pictures with our digital cameras and phones because there's no charge for each photo.
With all the helpful technology, it is easier these days to be a good photographer. However, it still takes an artistic, creative eye to compose stunning images.
I've taken many photos during our travels, but none can begin to elicit emotions when viewing the actual site, such as the majesty of the mountains, the magnificence of the architecture, or the glory of a gorgeous sunset. However, I try because memories can't be captured unless the photo is taken.
I look forward to learning about your creative projects when I visit your blog. In the meantime, please leave a comment below about your memorable pictures.
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43 comments:
Thanks for being a co-host. Your aunt's camera is cool. I just saw a news story recently that disposable cameras are making a comeback. Some people are enjoying how we used to take pictures before cellphones.
I saw that too! Kids aren't used to having printed photos. Thanks for stopping by today!
I agree - nothing beats seeing the real thing.
And thanks for co-hosting!
Digital photography has made it so much easier to take a picture and I love the editing effects we can play with to enhance an image. In my mind that is another creative aspect of photography. Thank you for co-hosting IWSG this month!
I forgot to add photography to my post's list. I love taking pictures. Got that love from my parents.
Recently, we emptied our storage shed of 20 years of memories. The printed photos brought back memories and opened windows to the past.
I love the digital camera on my iPhone. I wonder how future generations will see photos of their past?
Thanks for co-hosting our November blog hop!
Hi,
You have chosen a fantastic field to be your other creativity. Photographers see things differently with their camera lens.
Thank you for co-hosting.
Shalom shalom
Yes, I had tins and tins of negatives which I simply chucked out when I moved. I also have two shelves of photo albums. Think how many more books I could get/keep if I got rid of them. Yes it was an expensive hobby for snappers like me. You’d either get six pictures of the same thing, perfect, or twenty blurred and unusable ones which you’d so hoped would bring back the memories. Personally, I’m so grateful for digital I even print some out for display sometimes!
Thanks for co-hosting today 😀
Photography is a fun pastime. I have a nice camera, but nothing as cool as yours.
Thanks for co-hosting!
My daughter turned her love of photography into a business. She's so good! I enjoy videography.
Thanks for co-hosting! I love photography, too. :)
hanks for co-hosting today!
My youngest is the photographer in our family. He’s my go to for taking stunning photos. If he changes his mind about having his own restaurant in the future, can so see him having a photography career. Or he can combine them and do food photography.
You're the second blogger to write about brownie cameras today! Photography was soooo different before it digitalized....
I love playing with the filters too!!
I bet your parents didn't have a brownie camera??
I have wondered that too. Every Christmas our daughter creates a calendar and album with prints. Valuable keepsakes for our family.
Yes, I admire those who have that a special flare for creating unique photos.
So true....I have prints made from the sharp digital photos and they look pretty good.
Right! LOL.
That would be a fun and satisfying business--when the photos come out and folks love your work.
You're welcome! Discovering what I captured in a picture is sometimes surprising!
That sounds like a winning idea!!
Ooh, I'll have to find that blog, for sure. Thanks for the tip.
I'm afraid that my time and energy have been consumed by the resolution a couple of weeks of longtime health issues, but I'm on the mend and ready to be creative again! Thanks for this uplifting reminder of the past, present, and future of photography.
Absolutely agree with photography being a creative act -- and your comment that taking photos when traveling helps capture those memories, as well as how many thousands (yep!) of pictures we now take because we can. Cherish each day. Photographs help us to do so.
That brownie camera is awesome! I, uh, clear throat, remember the days before digital cameras. And I remember anciently exposing film, messing up loading film, you know, all the things that made using "old cameras" so fun.
People writing about brownie cameras today! Thanks for co hosting today!
My grandparents had a similar camera. So Cool! I remember using it a long, long time ago. Thanks for co-hosting!
Photography used to be one of my hobbies. I think digital cameras cannot compare to those older cameras and I like the idea that you don't know if you have captured the photo right or not until you see the negative. It's like a surprise but also, you can't get a second chance at the shot so each one is unique.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Have a lovely day.
A Brownie! How special. I had an old medium format camera that I loved.
Wow! A Brownie! Oh yes, photographers most definitely have "an eye" for the creative capture of everything from memories to secrets ;-) Thanks for co-hosting!
I love the idea of a family photographer. I don't know why my family never came up with that. That is wonderful, especially now with digital sharing so much easier.
Photography is such a wonderful thing. Old photographs remind me of the time past, of what I've seen and experienced, as nothing else would. Sadly, with all the technology available to us now to enhance our digital photos, would those image files survive as long as the physical photographs do? Would our children and grandchildren be able to see the photos that are 40 or 50 years old? I have such old photographs in my photo albums.
It's funny. I love photography as well, but I didn't even think of that when I was writing my post. @samanthabwriter from
Balancing Act
Thanks for co-hosting. I love the Brownie camera. My German uncle used one for a long time. He didn't live to see the digital age of photography. I wonder what he would have said about the sheer abandon with which we click photos.
I like your little side-kick creative pursuit of photography.
My first camera was a Brownie back in the mid-1970s.
Your point about how photos can't elicit the same emotions as viewing the actual site is so true, and it reminds me of one of my biggest writing challenges - trying to convey setting so that the reader will see what I see and feel what I feel. I've finally accepted that it isn't possible, that writer and reader creating meaning together, and I can only take care of my half.
My grandpa was also a photographer. Many of us inherited the desire to capture the moment. I used one of his old Brownie cameras to take pictures when I was in junior high. I loved it!
A photographer! I've always been an admirer of the ability to visualize and see that beautiful shot. The ability to capture memories is magic to me. Thanks for co-hosting this month!
I have a hard time taking good pictures, you're so right that it really takes an artistic eye to see the perfect way to frame it! Someday I would love to take a class to learn how to do it better. Lovely that you got interested in photography because of your aunt!
Photography isn't all that easy. Though, of course, with mobiles we're all photographers now. I like to capture pictures for personal use and to post on the blog
Hi, JQ! I'm still making the rounds. Thank you for co-hosting. I really enjoyed reading about the pleasure you have when taking photographs. I was pulled into photography, my second creative passion, by my father who had an old Brownie Hawkeye. It wasn't as fancy as your great Aunt Elizabeth's though. I love today's technology which makes me a much more creative photographer. Have a great week!
What an awesome post, J.Q. A photo can help us remember a beautiful person or vacation, but still. Nothing beats actually being there. And you are right. "It still takes an artistic, creative eye to compose stunning images." Even with all these filters and stuff to make the picture look better. Thanks for cohosting! Happy Thanksgiving!
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