Wednesday, April 27, 2022

The Way We Wednesday - Self-Timer Selfies


My oldest brother had a low draft lottery number, so he enlisted in the Navy the year he finished high school.  After basic training, he was assigned to the Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (now decommissioned and the last I knew it was being dismantled.) Someplace in southeast Asia he bought a Canon Ftb, a nice 35MM SLR. There was also a tripod, the gray zippered case above their arms is the case for the tripod. Looking at this it was taken with the camera on the tripod, and either a cable release or the self timer,  I suspect the self timer as Dale is almost blurred from having tripped the timer and rushed back to be in the picture.  This would have been taken in one of the crew living areas on the ship.  I think Dale only took a couple of rolls of film on the camera, this roll of slides ended up with dad's meaning it was probably in the camera when Dale came home on leave, and somehow Dad ended up keeping the camera.  Dad gave it to me a few years before he died.  After Dad died, I returned it to Dale. I never did quite understand how dad ended up with it to start with. And Dale didn't really want to explain - bottling things up is a family tradition. I learned a lot using it, it had one of the best lenses I have ever used. I never have liked self timers.  

 

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  1. I never completely relax with a self-timer and always end up with an expression of anxious anticipation on my face.

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    1. My father always had the "that isn't going to work" look on his face.

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  2. I always liked watching the photographer running from camera to group, and back again when things went off the rails.

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    1. I don't think anyone ever did that on one take

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  3. Good photo despite the blurriness!

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  4. I haven't used a self-timer in years. I never had much luck with it.

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    1. Me either, I have a remote trigger for the Nikons, and I haven't used it much

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