When Ann LeFevre sent me the Pentax ME film camera that had belonged to her friend's mother, there was a roll of color slide film in the camera, with a note dating it to July 7, 2001. I finished shooting the roll and had it developed. Because the film was so old, the pictures are a funny, faded fuchsia color. I edited this in Silver Efex to bring out the detail. I feel like I know the photographer just a little by looking at her photos, as I also love to shoot flowers and butterflies.
She was pretty good, wasn't she?! I think I would find that exciting too. I have a lot of negatives that came from my grandparents' home. Some of them I have the prints too- but some might be fun to print if I can find someone with a dark room. I wouldn't want to send them out as they are not the usual size and quite special. Great idea to convert to black and white to avoid the color issues.
@olivetreeann She was good! I went to a Vivian Maier exhibit today. How exciting it must have been to buy some of her film and negatives and see what was on them!
@eudora I saw Sue yesterday and told her how excited you were to be using the camera and what you'd done with this picture. She'll be passing that along to her mom.
May 7th, 2019
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