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| Are you interested in amateur photographing and
photo albums? Well, I’m telling how I do. Maybe I can get in contact with others that
have the same interest. (If you are not interested, I’ve even here put a
"BACK" button up in the heading so, you can get out of here quickly.) |
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| General chat about photographing |
| Even here I’m of course, a happy amateur.
I got my first camera, a 6 x 6 Agfa Isolette, 1951. Now I have an old Canon A1 (1978) and
as complement a pocket camera. I only take personal photos. No photographing for "the
sake of photographing", I have never been interested in that . No experimenting. I
use the automatic functions of the camera, as far as possible. I search the postcard rack
and buy those which I can identify as typical for the occasion. I cannot do those better
than the professionals. - I enjoy however to do my own postcards and there a rose could be
the subject. I’m photographing mostly for helping my memory to recall happenings. |
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| ... and about photo albums |
| Please observe that I don’t argue that my
way is "the only way". On the contrary, I know many people who can do much
better albums than I can. I’m most impressed in albums with self-made drawings,
water-colours, nice handwriting, in addition to other illustrations so that each page is a
little piece of art. Look at this sample. Ones own photos are
only one of many components that form the total impression. I try to do the hand writing
as good as I can, but I’m seldom satisfied. The demand for the text is: "Whom,
when and where". I wish I could sort away 75 % of the photos, but it’s
difficult. My albums are 22 x 22 cm and I use the format 9 x 12. Normally there are six
photos on each side, but it can be up to 12-15. Most of the photos are trimmed, so the
albums are concentrated, with many photos. |
