Captain Cook named the Tollgate Islands when he mapped Australia's east coast in 1770. This is the view from my local beach, where they do indeed look like the gateway to a wider world. I thought this an appropriate image for
World Photography Day 2023. It also places empasis on the oceans - now warming alarmingly worldwide. We, as photographers, can assist by recording changes to our global environment.
The PiP shows my first camera, a Model 2A Box Brownie of about 1932 - it was very much a family "hand-me-down" when it passed to me. With it is my first SLR, a Minolta SR1 of 1964.
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©UdoSm said:
raingirl said:
I also have that particular Brownie along with some other models. The 2A box I have was purchased in around the 1970s (I don't believe the one my mother used growing up survived - I never saw it). I did use it and loved the color richness I got from using a camera with no lens. Your making want to find film for it again!
I have a Minolta close to that one, it's an SRT100. It was my first personal camera (learned on my mom's rolliflex). My mom bought it for me in around 1973 and I had to re-learn how to frame my photos - I couldn't stop my eye from seeing square photos that I had always seen with the Rollei! . It was my only camera until about 2003 when, again, my mother bought me another camera, my first digital.
Okay, sorry, too much on my, not enough on your post.
I like knowing that you have a 'local' coast. How far is it from where you live? Ours is about an hour away, so I don't get to it as often as I'd like.
I love that one can see the green of the ocean in the bit of wave shown in your photo. The blues are gorgeous and the green adds a nice touch.
Thanks for sharing your first cameras also!
tiabunna replied to raingirl:
Amelia said:
Lovely to see your coastline on an early spring day, and those waves looks so inviting, that I might take my shoes off and have a walk on the beach and a paddle, just to test the water. ;-)
tiabunna replied to Amelia:
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Malik Raoulda said:
Bon week-end.
Léopold said:
Gudrun said:
Herb Riddle said:
Best Wishes. Herb
Pam J said:
MY DADS FIRST CAMERA WAS A BOX BROWNIE LIKE YOURS TOO !!
Günter Klaus said:
Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
J.Garcia said:
The camara is a great tribute to photography
RHH said: