Visiting the Salvation Army on weekends for film cameras is both a pleasure and a sadness. First the sadness. Count Your Blessings when you visit the Salvation Army At first when I visited the huge Salvation Army store on Clybourn … Continue reading
This blog article could have had many titles. But ultimately it’s a blog article about how photography can enrich your life, and the lives of others. I’d like to become a better photographer. I don’t obsess about it, but I … Continue reading
Film cameras have a provenance. And that makes buying them fun. Provenance Defined You’ve heard the phrase provenance on many TV shows about auctions, art, collectibles. This is what Wikipedia says about provenance. Provenance, from the French provenir, “to come … Continue reading
I love this old camera. It brings out the German-American in me. Thank you to Karen Nakamura of Photoethnography I learned of this German delight courtesy of Karen Nakamura’s Photoethnography website. If you like film cameras, especially film cameras, you … Continue reading
Why do we collect cameras? Like many things, it is both simple and complex. Camera Collecting is Simply Fun How do you define fun? Ask a kid, what does he or she say? When I was older than 5 but … Continue reading