Julie Barrett is a freelance writer and photographer based in Plano, TX.

Round Robin Photo Challenge

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Thursday, December 28, 2006


This week's Round Robin challenge is "Past Vs. Present," and was suggested by Connie from from Windswept/Connies Country Life.

This time I decided to dig way back into my past - long before I was born. This is my grandmother:

Grandmother and cameraGrandmother and camera Hosted on Zooomr

This picture was taken around 1920. She was the family photographer. I have a huge cache of pictures that she snapped over the years, most of them with this camera:

Kodak 

Autographic Jr.Kodak Autographic Jr. Hosted on Zooomr

That's a Kodak Autographic Jr. Made about 1915. The interesting innovation on this particular camera was that the photographer could actually write on the negative with a stylus. A little door on the back of the camera exposed a small rectangle of negative. Thanks to that, we have dates and sometimes the names of subjects of many of her photos.

This is my first 35mm camera, a Minolta SRT-201:

Minolta SRT-201Minolta SRT-201 Hosted on Zooomr

My dad bought it for me when I was taking photography in college. He picked it up used. Over the years I acquired a number of second-hand lenses. This camera has been though a lot as you can probably tell.

And now my current camera:

olympus

This is an Olympus Evolt E-300 DSLR. I use it to take most of the pictures you see on the journal.

Apologies for running behind on the RR. Here's the linking list:

Connie
Windswept: Connie's Country Life
http://journals.aol.com/maxsox5/WINDSWEPT-CONNIES-COUNTRYLIFE/

Karen- POSTED!
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com/

- POSTED!
Ellipsis... Suddenly Carly
http://ellipsissuddenlycarly.blogspot.com

Janet
Fond of Photography
http://fondofphotography.blogspot.com

Suzanne R - POSTED!
http://newsuzannerslife.blogspot.com

Steven - Posted!
(sometimes)photoblog
http://sepintx.blogspot.com/

Brad G. - Posted!
we-is.
http://we-is. blogspot.com/2006/12/red-robin-photo-challenge-before-and.html

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deslily said:
Ohh WOW! I love your grandmother's camera!!!!!
Date: 12/29/2006 2:24:41 PM Date: 12/29/2006 2:24:41 PM

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Karen Funk Blocher said:
Wow. That is a seriously cool retrospective. And what a great innovation that must have been back in 1915!
Date: 12/29/2006 5:41:24 PM Date: 12/29/2006 5:41:24 PM

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deslily said:
Ohh WOW! I love your grandmother's camera!!!!!
Date: 12/29/2006 2:24:41 PM Date: 12/29/2006 2:24:41 PM

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Karen Funk Blocher said:
Wow. That is a seriously cool retrospective. And what a great innovation that must have been back in 1915!
Date: 12/29/2006 5:41:24 PM Date: 12/29/2006 5:41:24 PM





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