Pinhole camera 1982 Queen St. E.

... never too late to applaud. I love this, and all the comments, memories, and pinhole tech talk that's come with it. Not that you need any more help, but I also cannot remember my pinhole camera, though I do remember it was the first I ever had. Actually, I think it was commercially produced, and made pretty nice pics, but I'm afraid they're long gone. You've succeeded in intriguing me, too, about trying pinhole digital. Doesn't seem like it'd be too hard to make a serviceable hole in the lens mount cap.

 

The only association I can add about your pic is that it gives me the feeling of looking surreptitiously from some discreet hiding place. But I'm betting on the fish!

I'll get to you in a minute, but first . . . Ian SUMMER AFTER YOU WERE BORN!! Indeed! LOL

 

OK, got that out of my system.

 

Gordon, have you stopped by the forum on nostalgia. It's an interesting read. Of course, there are the usual curmudgeon's (not me, this time) who put down the whole notion of nostalgia not to mention trying to capture it on film. Good job. It does transport. Actually, without the cars, it could even seem older. I like seeing all the technical aspects in the photo itself. Reminds us of the process. Not sure anything could be considered a distraction here, at least in my eye. It just all seems to add up to the whole. Your creative side is so often evident and is, once again, here.

Ian;

 

Thanks for returning to share that preference. Particularly since you know this street, I'm glad to know it works for you flipped.

 

David;

 

I too have enjoyed all this sharing of memories about our pinhole cameras, even if for the most part none of us can remember what they looked like :) I am thinking along the same lines as yourself and I am going to give a try to some digital pinhole shots.

 

Fred;

 

Yeah, I got a bit of a smile out of thinking about Ian in diapers at around the same time I had just gotten home from hitch hiking around Europe. Ian is wise beyond his years and consequently I often forget the fact that he is half my age :)

 

Thanks for your comment. I am glad that this image has the effect of transporting you. I know it has that effect on me but then I was there. I have not noticed a Nostalgia forum. I did see a classic camera forum. Is this the forum you were referring to ?

This is the forum (in philosophy) I was talking about:

 

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00P4Wc

Gordon: Fascinating how so many connect this image to specific memory. I see it as a dream-memory, imperfectly perfect, half remembered/half imagined. I'm sorry to be so late. I've been away. Warm regards...

this is really cool reminds me of some of the old civil war images ive looked through !