College Years- continued

<p>Several years ago I had a few threads where I posted photos taken during my days as an undergraduate at Mississippi State University. I've found some more of my negatives and thought I'd share a few images. All images were taken with a Konica Auto S2, which proved ideal for bringing along most every day. Since I just scanned the images today I was able to see what kind of film I used. Those four years, from 1975 to 1979 were a time of great experimentation with film, darkroom, and photo techniques. I took what I learned from my dad and built on that.<br>

So I present some pictures with my nostalgia laden descriptions.</p><div></div>

<p>My dad always kept film in his bulk loader (either Tri-X or Plus-X) so combined with the D-76 he kept in the darkroom picture taking and developing was cheap.</p><div></div>

<p>The bicycle just seemed like it "belonged" in the tree. I think I took that photo in the spring of 1976. A year later (give or take a month) a younger friend of mine graduated high school and received a 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix. I'll admit I was envious as it rode smoothly, was quiet, and had a tape player. Not quite so envious after driving it as the puny 301 cubic inch V8 (bristling with a 2 barrel carburetor) was quite slow. Here's a shot taken on the day it was delivered.</p><div></div>

<p>Here's one of my earlier efforts (from fall of 1975 I would guess.)</p><div></div>

<p>My apologies in advance using "older". At the time I was 18 so he seemed pretty old to me then. He was about 65, which for me is less than 8 years away now. My dad liked this picture and called it a character study. </p><div></div>

<p>The AV lab (audio visual) was run by an uncle of mine. He taught Audio Visual methods to education majors and was my instructor for that class in the spring of 1979. I visited when my schedule permitted and got to "play" with the Sony U-Matic video and TV camera. I also learned to thread an old Kalart Victor 16mm projector (no auto-threading here!)</p>

<p>Hope to have some color images soon as I plan to scan some of the color I shot during that time.</p>

<p>Love 'em, Mike! Very pretty gal in the AV class!<br>

Please post more--love the guys' hairstyles...<br>

Paul</p>

<p>Thanks for sharing. That decade seems only yesterday yet so far away. Fall 1975 I was 26 and married 6 months. Not much money but what fun we had. I had bought a used OM-1 a year earlier and had only the 50 f1.8 to shoot with and yet felt no need for another lens. Simple times. Now I have way too much stuff and never know what to pick up from the camera shelf next.</p>

<p>Thanks Mike for the nostalgic photos. Konica Auto S-2 is also my favorite. Did you scan the prints or the negatives. Nice pictures anyway.</p>

<p>Thanks for sharing, <strong>Mike</strong>. I guess all our student days were fairly similar in most of the western world, and it all looks very familiar to me. I still get around in jeans and check shirts! The old Auto S2 did well.</p>

Raymond - I scanned the negatives with an Epson V600 at 2400 dpi and resized to 700 in MS Photo manager.

<p>We were in college during the same years. I was at Boston University and shot for the Daily Free Press, the course evaluation guide called Recourse, a dorm yearbook and of course for myself. My start in picture taking was four years earlier in 1971. As I have mentioned before I used a Konica Autoreflex but I also occasionally used my father's Konica Auto S1.6. </p>

<p>Nice Mike. I lost most of my HS & college negs & prints in a flood in the 1980s, so it's great to see somebody else's and reminisce on those earlier times. Although I had done some limited photography before HS, I joined the science club, photography club and yeabook staff to get access to the darkroom and instruction, and took a number of shots for both the yearbooks and local newspapers. Those were certainly interesting times!</p>

<p>Fun!</p>

<p>My one period of non-photography was during my undergraduate years - my one regret photographically speaking. Why did I do that I wonder? Something about concentrating on my studies: big mistake.</p>

<p>My undergraduate years I did a lot of photography. That is the only time I did my own Ektachrome processing. I had two one-quart boxes on Unicolor E6, for 16 rolls, and more that I sent to Kodak.</p>

<p>I first started photography, including B&W darkroom work, when I was nine years old. I have negatives back to 5th grade, but not so many. I have many negatives from 7th and 8th grade, when I did school yearbook photography. </p>

<p>I don't have so many pictures from high school, but one roll of Anscochrome from the last day of high school. I didn't buy a yearbook, so bought the one roll to help remember people. (I bought the roll from the outdated bin, half price including processing.) <br>

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