an old box
Jun. 1st, 2023 11:00 pm
I'm not quite sure how I feel about this picture. The focus is a little odd because the box is at an angle, and I'm not sure if that looks sloppy or increases visual tension. Or both. And I feel like it should have some context, but the only context is my shamefully messy kitchen table, where it has been sitting since September.
My husband's grandfather's cameras lived in this box in various garages for 40+ years, and it came to me after my father-in-law died last summer. I sent the nicest one (a Rolleicord) out for cleaning and repair, and in theory I will actually use it when it comes back. I even ordered film for it (ouch, film is expensive). I pretty much always use manual mode on my DSLR, but I've never used a manual film camera; my high school film camera (which I dug out of storage and am trying to use again) is entirely automatic. So I'm sort of getting into film, maybe. We'll see how it goes. I have my father-in-law's copy of the Zone System handbook (interleaved with pictures of a 1950s TV that he took to practice), which I will totally get around to studying eventually.
My daughter will actually eat goo-form baby food (my son never would). This is probably good for her nutritionally, but I have a very strong sensory aversion to goo and slime and helping her eat it is rather distressing.