that documented my childhood.
This is the camera that I used to run away from because it felt like my Dad was always taking photos.
This is the camera that meant I couldn't go into the kitchen on certain nights because my father had turned it into a darkroom.
My father has been using digital point and shoots since 2001, and this camera (a Nikon F -- completely manual) has been sitting unused since before then. He passed it onto me last year, and I've been watching it out of the corner of my eye. This weekend I ordered some film for it, and I am nervously excited to give it a spin as soon as that delivery arrives (I'll be giving it a cleaning first!).
I thank my father for the camera. I also thank him for the many carousels of slides which bring me back to my childhood, which I am very slowly scanning into my computer. And more than anything, I thank him for the inspiration and support he has always shown me in my own forays into photography.
{gratitude 2/30}
~Staci Lee~, damiec, krow10, xanthe berkeley, and 283 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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bianca pang 19 months ago | reply
Great shot and story!! My dad also passed on his camera to me, a minolta x-300! I hope to see more picture from you using this camera! :-)
Bloggerdude1 18 months ago | reply
Ahhh. memories... I had a prism top "F" way back in high school (not a black body tho') 105mm auto Nikkor lens... GRRRREAT camera!
Witold Riedel 15 months ago | reply
thank you for letting me hold this camera today. so cool.
Sir Gareth 4 months ago | reply
Beautiful photo. And I must confess that my story with photography is very similar. I did some photos when I was very young, but now again I'm discovering the magic of analog film.