Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Fat Freddy]

Sadly, this is the case with most things. Change happens, whether we like it or not. I have one friend, a guitarist in a band I sometimes sub for, who still refuses to buy a cell phone. It's not fun trying to connect with him about scheduling gigs. But I think we all see quality as well as comfort in the older things, and often we're right. There's something about an old photo done right that is just not replaceable. Same is true for analog recordings, played back from vinyl.

So, good morning, GOF's! I hope everyone is doing well on this fine day. My foot is not broken, but it still looks and feels pretty awful. I'm counting that as a win. There are dogs to walk today and cats to visit, and I must again face with a mixture of trepidation and bravery those same stairs that took me out a couple of days ago. All in all, I'm feeling blessed and happy and hope that everyone here is having the best day they can, as well.

Great to hear that no breakage of foot occurred.....
Pain is still pain though, broken or not.....Rest it.....Pain is a hint that this is a good plan.....

I know....Life has to go on.....they can't get by without me at.......etc....Blah.....Rest it and get well soon...

 

[GwenOnBass]

Weegee and Henri Cartier-Bresson are my photographic heroes. And it takes a very different sort to haul an 8x10 into the wilderness along with everything else required of packing in and out of the wilderness. Clearly not an entirely different mindset than of a bass player.

The darkroom master who guided my optic paths found himself drafted. In every expectation of a paid visit to Vietnam, he was sent instead to Alaska where he spent his stretch watching the DEW line. Used his tuition money at Brooks Institute, and showed me the light. He kept a little in the darkroom

 

[Jeff Scott]

I actually interned with Joe Sia and Jim Marshall. Annie Lebovitz had already left that group and moved to NYC. Annie is my photography hero.
Along with Edward Weston (the king of the Bell Pepper) and Joe "What's his Name" that did the second flag raising on Iwo Jima.
Bob

Annie was a rental client when I worked at the old Pan Pacific Camera on La Brea, as were many others. Living in L.A. was truly an interesting time for me, (1980s).

I always liked Brett Weston's answer when an interviewer asked him about the (most) famous pepper photograph. He said, "It made a great dinner that evening."

Rosenthal.

Weegee and Henri Cartier-Bresson are my photographic heroes. And it takes a very different sort to haul an 8x10 into the wilderness along with everything else required of packing in and out of the wilderness. Clearly not an entirely different mindset than of a bass player.

The darkroom master who guided my optic paths found himself drafted. In every expectation of a paid visit to Vietnam, he was sent instead to Alaska where he spent his stretch watching the DEW line. Used his tuition money at Brooks Institute, and showed me the light. He kept a little in the darkroom

Of, course, you would never consider using one of those blasphemous M-mount Leicas, would you? Screw-mount, or die! My SO still uses her father's Spotmatic.

I'm a very different sort. Not into the vast wilderness, but I did, occasionally, hike with my Deardorff 8x10. Wasn't too bad, really, quite a bit lighter than my full 4x5 pack (one triple convertible lens vs. 5 lenses, etc.).

In L.A. there was a running joke between Brooks and Art Center. Brooks was where one went to become a good assistant...........

The both of you should come 'round here and we can go see this exhibit, together:

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[GwenOnBass]

Seems to me I met an Agfa rep at Pan Pacific. Most of my dealings were at a shop in Studio City, where I bought a Pentax spot meter. I used a grease pencil on the contact sheets.

My friend from Brooks and his wife moved back to Mississippi or Louisiana (forget which). They bought an antebellum house, last I heard, and that infos is two decades out of date.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Dorothy wants to know who stole her Scotch? J&B is her brand!

 

[beans-on-toast]

Dorothy wants to know who stole her Scotch? J&B is her brand!

Maybe she drank it all and forgot.

 

[beans-on-toast]

All the area movies that I see being made these days are shot in digital. Drones are popular. Haven't seen helicopters with cameras in years. Big movie houses have mostly eliminated film projection. Movies are distributed on hard drives.

Very little is what it was. I preserve the sonic past by using tube amps.

 

[spiritbass]

Very little is what it was. I preserve the sonic past by using tube amps.

Me too.

 

[spiritbass]

Instead of creating havoc on main streets and highways (and raising insurance rates), people who don't know how to drive on snow should practice on side streets and empty parking lots. Guess that makes too much sense. That's my grump for today...

 

[LBS-bass]

Maybe she drank it all and forgot.

That's what I would do.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Seems to me I met an Agfa rep at Pan Pacific. Most of my dealings were at a shop in Studio City, where I bought a Pentax spot meter. I used a grease pencil on the contact sheets.

My friend from Brooks and his wife moved back to Mississippi or Louisiana (forget which). They bought an antebellum house, last I heard, and that infos is two decades out of date.

Re: Pan Pacific: Did you happen to get hit by a dart from the owner's son's dart gun, did you? Steve was a real nutcase!

Don't recall the Agfa rep, but I do remember some of the others, from PP, and the other stores I worked at - Olympic Camera, and Bel Air Camera & HiFi: (Gitzo - Karl Heitz, and his sidekick, Levalle [sp], IIRC, they'd take us out for French cuisine; Some names escape me, but I remember faces well - the Kodak rep once dyed underwear in Kodak yellow for a friend and co-conspirator worker at PP; the Nikon guy would take everybody out for sushi ; Henry Froehlich, who co-founded MAC (Maymia America Corporation) was a real nice older gentleman who even helped us during inventory time; Jerry Anker - Vivitar; Frank Ponder and John Best (Ponder & Best). The founders/owners of Bel Air Camera & HiFi (at the time I was there) had a side company called Hervic (a contraction of their last name), which I remember as being the importer/distributor of Beaulieu movie cameras, among other photographic items.

Is your spot meter an analog or digital Pentax? I have the latter, with the required Zone System sticker on it, of course. Not a Fred Picker one (Zone VI), but one a friend made for me (he's a type/image setter).

I just found this piece on Jerry Anker :

Photographer Focused on the Pain and Truth of War

I really only knew him as a camera rep, and a real nice guy to sit and chat with.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Instead of creating havoc on main streets and highways (and raising insurance rates), people who don't know how to drive on snow should practice on side streets and empty parking lots. Guess that makes to much sense. That's my grump for today...

Even for us more experienced snow drivers, it is good to practice skid control in parking lots, once in a while.

 

[mikeoso]

Even for us more experienced snow drivers, it is good to practice skid control in parking lots, once in a while.

Back in the Late Neolithic, when I took driver ed in HS, we were taken into an empty iced parking area and made to spin and recover.

 

[Bobhmcs]

Weegee and Henri Cartier-Bresson are my photographic heroes. And it takes a very different sort to haul an 8x10 into the wilderness along with everything else required of packing in and out of the wilderness. Clearly not an entirely different mindset than of a bass player.

The darkroom master who guided my optic paths found himself drafted. In every expectation of a paid visit to Vietnam, he was sent instead to Alaska where he spent his stretch watching the DEW line. Used his tuition money at Brooks Institute, and showed me the light. He kept a little in the darkroom

Nice company to be in with. All I saw was 60's Psychedelic Rock Stars. Not complaining at all. Very photogenic people. But after a while,,,

 

[GwenOnBass]

All the area movies that I see being made these days are shot in digital. Drones are popular. Haven't seen helicopters with cameras in years. Big movie houses have mostly eliminated film projection. Movies are distributed on hard drives.

Very little is what it was. I preserve the sonic past by using tube amps.

And preserve the past with actual liquid ink that comes from a bottle.

Re: Pan Pacific: Did you happen to get hit by a dart from the owner's son's dart gun, did you? Steve was a real nutcase!

Don't recall the Agfa rep, but I do remember some of the others, from PP, and the other stores I worked at - Olympic Camera, and Bel Air Camera & HiFi: (Gitzo - Karl Heitz, and his sidekick, Levalle [sp], IIRC, they'd take us out for French cuisine; Some names escape me, but I remember faces well - the Kodak rep once dyed underwear in Kodak yellow for a friend and co-conspirator worker at PP; the Nikon guy would take everybody out for sushi ; Henry Froehlich, who co-founded MAC (Maymia America Corporation) was a real nice older gentleman who even helped us during inventory time; Jerry Anker - Vivitar; Frank Ponder and John Best (Ponder & Best). The founders/owners of Bel Air Camera & HiFi (at the time I was there) had a side company called Hervic (a contraction of their last name), which I remember as being the importer/distributor of Beaulieu movie cameras, among other photographic items.

Is your spot meter an analog or digital Pentax? I have the latter, with the required Zone System sticker on it, of course. Not a Fred Picker one (Zone VI), but one a friend made for me (he's a type/image setter).

I just found this piece on Jerry Anker :

Photographer Focused on the Pain and Truth of War

I really only knew him as a camera rep, and a real nice guy to sit and chat with.

Only recollect the Agfa rep was a lady, shoulder-length brunette hair. The Agfapan was for personal use. Kept a carton of Tri-X in the freezer that was a bottomless gift from Darkroom Guy. My spot meter was digital, and yes I made a zone system sticker for it. Carried a gray card anyway Sold the lot some years back when it was clear film was come and gone. To me, the M6 was the stuff dreams are made of. Edit what I really wanted was a Leica CL ....

It was 1988 when the head of ANPA showed me a digital camera. And that's when things took a turn.

 

[Bobhmcs]

Dorothy wants to know who stole her Scotch? J&B is her brand!

Wasn't me all that is here is GlenLivet
Bob

 

[Bobhmcs]

And preserve the past with actual liquid ink that comes from a bottle.



Only recollect the Agfa rep was a lady, shoulder-length brunette hair. The Agfapan was for personal use. Kept a carton of Tri-X in the freezer that was a bottomless gift from Darkroom Guy. My spot meter was digital, and yes I made a zone system sticker for it. Carried a gray card anyway Sold the lot some years back when it was clear film was come and gone. To me, the M6 was the stuff dreams are made of.

It was 1988 when the head of ANPA showed me a digital camera. And that's when things took a turn.

Tri X Pan. Now you are taking me back to my Pentax 500 days with the screw on zoom lens. Made me set my RolleiFlex aside for about a minute.
;[)

 

[GwenOnBass]

Vodka does strange things. Never could stand the stuff, myself.

 

[Bobhmcs]

Vodka does strange things. Never could stand the stuff, myself.

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This picture makes me want to change the subject.
;[)
Brb
Bob

 

[beans-on-toast]

Instead of creating havoc on main streets and highways (and raising insurance rates), people who don't know how to drive on snow should practice on side streets and empty parking lots. Guess that makes to much sense. That's my grump for today...

This is the second year of giving up winter driving. It isn't about the snow and ice. I don't want deal with winter tires and washing the car every time I take it out. Parking is indoors so it has to be kept clean or it will rust. I drive less the days and can take a bus, subway, taxi, or train locally.