Old Slide Sunday 15

This picture had to come out eventually. It's the only picture I've ever seen of my dad or grandmother smoking. In fairness, this was when they "didn't know about the health effects." I don't see that as a very good excuse, personally. Either way though, they both quit a long time ago, so it's all gravy... mmmm gravy... Happy Thanksgiving.

Old Slide Sund- er, Tuesday 14

By special request, here's my aunt and uncle looking extra sharp for the camera. Sorry for the delay in posts, I've been super busy.

Old Slide Sunday 13

It's Goofy! I don't really have much to say about this one. It's late.

Out of Control Spam

I thought they passed legislation to control spam? It's fun to try and imagine the people who do this, and what their face would look like being punched. How can this still be profitable? Who clicks on these ads? And whats with the weird text at the bottom? I see it a lot in the spam that gets through to me. I might collect them and construct a poem.

Old Slide Sunday 12

Another photo from the cruise. I imagine the chap on the top to be a captain or first mate, overseeing the voyagers of another fine trip across the sea. Or he's a waiter on a smoke break, I don't know, but I like all the strong diagonal lines in this one with the people fitting in between. It reminds me of this recently discovered Eugene De Salignac photograph.

Old Slide Sunday 11

Looks like someone went on a cruise. There are several pictures from this trip, but I don't know any of the people in the pictures. I'll show more from this cruise in the weeks to come.

Old Slide Sunday 10

What a motley crew. Thats my dad carrying his jacket, and... Robert De Niro, apparently, in front of him.

Old Slide Sunday 9

Another great shot of my great grandmother, Freebie. That's what we called her, probably because one of us mispronounced Frieda.

Old Slide Sunday 8

A quiet moment surfaces in the (still substantial) stack of slides to be converted. Light sweeps in from the dutch door of the kitchen, and can also be seen outside. The vignetted glow gives an introspective feel to this photo.

Previous Old Slides

Blind All-in

Window Triptych

Ford Pickup

A Leader For All Of Us

Old Slide Sunday 7

This photograph stopped me in my tracks. It has the best composition of any that I've seen so far. Everything from the ladder in the foreground to the just barely visible kitchen appliances inside make this gem of an old slide beautiful. It reminds me of an Arnold Newman portrait.

Previously:
Old Slide Sunday 6
Old Slide Sunday 5
Old Slide Sunday 4
Old Slide Sunday 3
Old Slide Sunday 2
Old Slide Sunday 1
Old Slides

Old Slide Sunday 6

These slides are color balanced for daylight, so any time a photo is taken in the shade the colors shift to give the photo a cooler (or bluer) palette. Conversely, photos taken indoors, lit by lamps, take on an orang-red warm hue. While bad color balance can ruin some photos, I definitely enjoy the way it makes photos like these look.

Previously:
Old Slide Sunday 5
Old Slide Sunday 4
Old Slide Sunday 3
Old Slide Sunday 2
Old Slide Sunday 1
Old Slides