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So finally, a week after the theme was announced, I have made my decision on the image I am going to use. The reasons for the delay were somewhat convoluted but I shall try to explain.
Firstly, I wanted to start the 52 with something a bit unusual, something I wouldn't normally do and when the subject was announced my initial thoughts were along the lines of 'plenty of scope then'
However, New Years Day was also the day a decided to give up smoking, or at least try. My target is to be able to afford a Nikon 70-200VR and maybe a D700 before the year is out, without resorting to hitting the credit cards [for credit, as opposed to for security of purchase, if that makes sense]. So, bearing in mind my 20 a day habit, it was time to have a go. I should point out that I had given up for 2 1/2 years in the early part of the last decade too, so I make no firm promises to myself or anyone else. Nor did I want one of those public 'support' threads, its not my thing. I think mentioning it here is probably only happening now because I am a week in and feel a bit more confident, but I still do not want and have no intentions of, this becoming some sort of quite smoking blog - this is about photography
[anyone want some gum and inhalator refills, I have bought the best thing ever, an electronic ciggie]
So I had to find something to start filling the spare time. The weather has been pants and I had an Amazon gift voucher that needed spending. So I bought a slide and neg scanner because I do use film from time to time and because we have a loft full of slides from my OH's childhood. His father was a well travelled sort and some of his pictures may crop up in here again.
This one was taken in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1963 - I posted a sister shot a few days ago as I wasn't sure of location, and John [2blue4u] filled in the details, though Yves Geza had also remembered by then too *insert the rolling eyed smiley we don't have here* - The hotel is the Hotel Marian Palace, a feast of curved frontage and still standing today [ details here ] and you can see the curve of the balconies in the shot. Looking down towards what I always think of as being 'very American' - the corner building with the curved edge in the junction of the two streets, though of course you see it in every country.
The other reason this fits in with the curved theme is the full circle in which it has all come - we have figured out the picture was taken with a Kodak Retinette 1b, a 1960 model Pa-in-Law bought to take to the Rome Olympics. [He was probably in Brazil for the Pan American Games] and the exact same camera I am now using to film shots with [ Image ] and one of the several I have and the reason I wanted a neg scanner for
Anyway, enough of my rambling on for one week, here is the picture and a promise that next weeks will be one taken by me
Note: from what I can see on Google Earth, most of the buildings are still standing, some of the streets have been pedestrianised and you can still book to stay at the Hotel Marian Palace
Firstly, I wanted to start the 52 with something a bit unusual, something I wouldn't normally do and when the subject was announced my initial thoughts were along the lines of 'plenty of scope then'
However, New Years Day was also the day a decided to give up smoking, or at least try. My target is to be able to afford a Nikon 70-200VR and maybe a D700 before the year is out, without resorting to hitting the credit cards [for credit, as opposed to for security of purchase, if that makes sense]. So, bearing in mind my 20 a day habit, it was time to have a go. I should point out that I had given up for 2 1/2 years in the early part of the last decade too, so I make no firm promises to myself or anyone else. Nor did I want one of those public 'support' threads, its not my thing. I think mentioning it here is probably only happening now because I am a week in and feel a bit more confident, but I still do not want and have no intentions of, this becoming some sort of quite smoking blog - this is about photography
[anyone want some gum and inhalator refills, I have bought the best thing ever, an electronic ciggie] So I had to find something to start filling the spare time. The weather has been pants and I had an Amazon gift voucher that needed spending. So I bought a slide and neg scanner because I do use film from time to time and because we have a loft full of slides from my OH's childhood. His father was a well travelled sort and some of his pictures may crop up in here again.
This one was taken in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1963 - I posted a sister shot a few days ago as I wasn't sure of location, and John [2blue4u] filled in the details, though Yves Geza had also remembered by then too *insert the rolling eyed smiley we don't have here* - The hotel is the Hotel Marian Palace, a feast of curved frontage and still standing today [ details here ] and you can see the curve of the balconies in the shot. Looking down towards what I always think of as being 'very American' - the corner building with the curved edge in the junction of the two streets, though of course you see it in every country.
The other reason this fits in with the curved theme is the full circle in which it has all come - we have figured out the picture was taken with a Kodak Retinette 1b, a 1960 model Pa-in-Law bought to take to the Rome Olympics. [He was probably in Brazil for the Pan American Games] and the exact same camera I am now using to film shots with [ Image ] and one of the several I have and the reason I wanted a neg scanner for
Anyway, enough of my rambling on for one week, here is the picture and a promise that next weeks will be one taken by me
Note: from what I can see on Google Earth, most of the buildings are still standing, some of the streets have been pedestrianised and you can still book to stay at the Hotel Marian Palace
Great start even if it is a little fiddled :nono::rules:
