gene m Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 The <i>real</i> wedding photographer had a big old Canon something or other and a groovy laptop. <a href="http://westfordcomp.com/toycameras/snappy/index.htm"> Cragston Snappy.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanz Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I can only imagine the stares when you whipped out that baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanz Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 ...forgot to add that the pics look pretty cool, sharp in the middle and dreamy smooth to the edges ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I think it's a Cragstan. No blinding flash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ_butner___portland__or Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Right on! I like it, and your approach. Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene m Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 TODD - Yeah, and I got a lot of looks when I whipped out the <i>camera</i> too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summitar Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Gene, I bruised my ribs this last weekend, and falling off my chair laughing over your last comment didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean_williams Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I can see it now: Gene's Retro Weddings...Bring yer Bride an' a roll of film. We'll have a good ol' time. These belong in the album. The other guy can put a few of his in too, if they're any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_thoreson Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 A full featured plastic camera? Pretty cool! Glad you whipped it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_winters Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Beautiful images! I love the Snappy lens cap. That is just such an odd name to have on the front of a cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseberry guitars Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Very cool Gene. I picked up one of those a year or so ago in a thrift shop. I've got a roll of film in it that hasn't been finished and I forgot I even had it until you showed us yours. (Don't anyone jump on that one!) BTW some nicely done photos here. The first two have a slightly "Gothic" look to them. I like that. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_wilson4 Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 "... big old Canon something or other " Ain't it funny. There is surely another forum somewhere in which that "Canon something or other" is admired and speculated upon, its gazillion megapixels and multi-focus thingama-bob admired by all. To me it might as well be a cake mixer or whatever. I want to reach into an old khaki bag and whip out a Super Ikonta or Fujita 66 and have all the young women draw in their breath with awe. "Look at that really cool dude pointing that...that THING" Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way in Johannesburg, where the movers and shakers want the latest electronic gadgets. Darn. M. P.S. Really enjoyed the Snappy photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahams Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Great stuff, Gene. Something tells me that the bride will prefer your shots to the one's taken with the something or other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Gene, wonderful camera. The front styling is a bit like an old fireplace I once had. They don't make 'em like that any more. What went wrong with camera design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Gene Another reason I love you is you are proof I am not Insane. So when they try to commit me I can just Whip out your web pages and they will set me free. Great as always I just got this new Soviet toy camera and I have to try it out.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito sobrinho Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Gene!...The only one I know who can take wonderful pictures with any "crappy" camera. Excellent job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 It was not a Crappy it was a Snappy. Gene could drop a Holga into a bucket of Pig Dookie and pull out A Nikon F-3 with the Mona Lisa inside.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian blacklaw richardson Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 I had something very like your Snappy which I bought in Woolworths in Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland for half a crown circa 1956. It was my first camera and produced, as yours does, surprisingly good images. Good enough to get me hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_m Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 That's the sharpest lens on a Diana I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Maybe it is not the camera it is the inner aura that the Photographer has. Gene You are one of my Heros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.j._werner Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 interesting thread- thanks for posting- makes me wonder about what qualifies for RETRO Wedding? I have been asked by my friends sister to please photograph her wedding-more like begged- I am not a wedding photog- I am a news photojournalist she pleaded her case the other night- "please I love those shots of the kids- you took last summer at the beach"- she has no idea how I did it or what I did- she just knows she loves them.... they were shot with an old rangefinder[cannonette+oly] and B/W film it couldn't have been much more of a simpler setup- now she is trusting her wedding to me...arggggg- think I will also bring along that canon film thingy called an A-2...maybe a A-1 and an FTB too...and for cross marketing a nikon FM2...and a med format RB 67 but in all seriousness folks- I have been contemplating a niche business around the retro theme... what qualifies for retro? is it film? older manual bodies as mentioned above? older bodies from the 50's I have a mint argaflex too what would qualify for retro....? anyone doing this? I had to shoot digital while on a staff position at the newspaper...but am free to experiment these days.... might even build a wet lab darkroom- I hear you can charge a premium for fibre prints - hand made by the artist... love to hear your imput - niche would be children,maternity, and newborns... D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul s Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 You might want to start with one of those wide, embroidered hippie neckstraps on your camera. Just to get in the mood. -Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.j._werner Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 LOL- good idea!! Hey I have one of those- it came with my canon g-lll... lava lamps and tie dye t-shirts... dust off the lp's and crank up the hi-fi... I have a copy of a book called "hippie"....lots of old b/w photos to get your mind in the mood.... lets see- a vw micro bus,a copy of "following our bliss" and I think I am headed back to the age of aquarius... can't forget the love beads, mood rings,and sand candles... thanks Paul- I think I am onto something.... calling all baby boomers....LOL... what a neat idea for a studio setup !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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