starshooter

<p>focus</p>

<p>One of the all time great cameras.</p>

<p>I am gobsmacked.</p>

<p>I guess the question is simply -- was there a magical moment and you missed, or was there just not a magical moment that showed itself?<br> When working with kids you can stand on your head if that gets a laugh and loosens them up but that would hardly be the thing to do here. Short of setting up an elaborate photo (sunlight beaming through the window and "anointing" the young one) you probably have to go with what you got.</p>

<p>It will fly in this day and age when high button shoes and running boards on cars come back into vogue.<br> Pardon me while I finish building my latest Steampunk Camera....</p>

<p>I went to a Halloween party as an olde tyme photojournalist with a pin-stripe suit and a press card in my hat and a Rolleiflex and an ancient electronic flash. I had a 50-year-old camera and ten-year-old Tri-X b&w film. The film had fog issues but the pro lab I sent it to did a fabulous job and the party photos were great.<br> Right now I have a roll of Ektachrome 35mm film I shot 20 years ago and am trying to decide where to send it to get it developed.</p>

<p>Nice photos. I really like the young couple dancing. An old time photojournalist like me was always told you can't go wrong with photos of pretty ladies, kids and animals. And you didn't -- you hit the nail right on the head.</p>

<p>As a photojournalist I carried a press card for many years. I have even had Secret Service, Olympics and United Nations press cards. Press cards used to be magic especially in New York City and Los Angeles because the police were known to be serious about checking press card holders out.<br> But today's world is a different one. A lot of jurisdictions don't give out press cards, they are afraid of a lawsuit for preventing legitimate press photographers from doing their job.<br> As for non-press photographers, the world seems to be full of busybodies these days. I wonder what having a "large camera" has to do with anything.<br> I read about one guy who wore a loud neon safety-type sleeveless jacket when he did street photography -- no one could say he was sneaking around. Maybe you should think about a jacket that says "Bird Photographer" in big letters on the back. You should not have to do this but times are a'changing and not for the better. Good luck.</p>