Byron said:

You are great too babe!

Beautiful pics

very very nice ... classic black and white

love it

CarrieMpls said:

Co-sign...I love Byrons pics and Freespirit has some gorgeous ones too. Both of them are always bringing smiles to my face

Heav...those pics are unexplainable, they should be framed and on a wall somewhere. When you told me you were scanning some more pics I didn't realize how awesome they were...I was kinda thinkin I was gonna be seeing another pic of your ass

PurpleThunder said:

So what you're saying is that my ass doesn't interrest you?
That my ass is boring? ugly?
Fine! No more naked pictures for you, lady!
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Sweeny79 said:

I know...lol

Byron said:

well, maybe if you stop making pictures of yourself with that typical 'Byron-look' on them.....

abierman said:

Envy is not your color...lol

Byron said:

Damn.....then what is?

abierman said:

Might I suggest this...

Heavenly, these are incredible pictures. Thanks for sharing with us.

wonderful

Heavenly,

those pictures are incredible and touching. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Miguel

Thank you all for the compliments. Yes, my father is very talented. I'm very proud of him as a photographer.
He used to work for the national TV station, which was the only tv station until mid 80s, as a stills photographer. Also for for newspapers. in the late 80s he tought photography for a few years. he did a couple of series of postcards that he's selling to tourist groups that he's working with these days.
I now live in what used to be his photography studio. dark room and all
He still has all the developing equipment, though it's just sitting there collecting dust.

Heavenly said:

I wonder if darkrooms are fast becoming a thing of the past??...

Byron said:

I hope not, it gives so much room for art. something you won't get at a 30 minute to an hour develop machines.
I think that once I move to the US, my dad might recreate the studio, and maybe build the dark room again. I'm hoping he'd go learn how to work with a digital camera, because it's way different than film. the colors turn quite different and it would be nice if he'd join technology and add that to his art too.
I'm leaving him my computer, with photoshop, a scanner, and a big monitor. hopefully he's use it.

Heavenly said:

Heavenly said:

There are some camera companies that have discontinued making 35mm cameras, and only make digital ones now...Photoshop is the new darkroom.

Byron said:

it's a shame...that's one of the most beautiful things with photography is seeing your work come up so satisfying!

NatisseII said:

I know...*sigh*...being in a darkroom gave me a calming sense of peace...I loved being in there, bringing my photos to life.

Byron said:

exactly...when you're in your darkroom you get taken in with watching your photographs come to life it's a beautiful thing and I miss it...

NatisseII said:

It is.. I enjoy the immediacy of digital, of course...and I haven't had a photo screwed up because of mistakes in developing the negatives or waterspots because of improper drying...and my hands don't smell like chemicals afterwards..lol

Of the seven photos I posted up above, only one was taken with a digital. The others were taken with my ancient Pentax K1000...
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Byron said:

yep I know what you mean you have an awesome digital camera! it's so cool! and your Pentax would no doubt still be awesome, too...I have an old Canon FT that belonged to my Stepdad's father that he gave me when I was 16 - I absolutely love it and I used to win photographic competitions in my camera club with it

Byron said:

sad .....

NatisseII said:

I looove my digital camera..lol But I still would want a regular camera as well, AND my own darkroom...hands smelling like chemicals and everything.

Mach said:

Yep..

Byron said:

What kind of Digital camera do you use?
My first one was a Sony Mavica FD-71, with a floppy disc. My brother loved the quality so much, he bought the Sony Mavcia CD-300, my mother loved the quality of his Mavica she bought the CD-500 so we're the Mavica family We really love the colors it brings, especially with the Carl Zeiss lenses.
I bought a new camera lately, but a cheap one, just because it was time to put the FD-71 to rest (the floppy disc was not working well anymore, and was just too slow). But when I get to the US, I'm hoping to save up for a digital SLR camera.

Heavenly said:

I have a Sony DSC-F828 digital camera...no, the lenses aren't interchangable.. That's my next step... It's a great camera, tho...I haven't even begun to use it to its fullest.

I've never heard of Mavica.. I might have to look into one now that it comes to highly recommended..lol

Byron said:

I love Mavica because of the availabiliyt of storage devices.
Mine was on a regular floppy disk. my brother's and mother's are on a 3 inch CDs. All drives were inside the camera! So it's great.
The CDs can hold around 150 photos in good quality.
But, that was only the reason I bought it, only after, I realized how great the quality is. It's a little posterized, colors are strong, but not in a bad way. It usually compliments the photo.

Yes, the interchangeable lenses is my next step. Though the professional SLR camera don't have a preview screen. They're just like old times

Heavenly said:

MG, there will be an entire generation of photographers who don't know what it's like to get an instant preview of the photo they just took..lol..."Why, when I was a kid, you had to actually wait to develope your negative, uphill, in the snow...dry them, then make contact sheets before even slightly getting an idea what your photos looked like!!"

That's scary...