Because of drab, rainy weather I haven’t been motivated to go out and shoot lately, so here’s a mouldy oldie from the Archives. I took this in 1968 when I was a very young man living in Sydney. I was using a Taron 35 rangefinder camera handed down to me from my parents. This was my first real camera and I had a lot of fun learning about photography with it. Fully manual, no light meter (I used the Sunny 16 rule), zoom with your feet. The image quality isn't the best here but it represents a carefree time when I didn’t have a worry in the world and just had fun experimenting with my camera. It was taken in Paddington, where I lived at the time. I shared a place on Oxford street, directly across from the Victoria Barracks for those of you who know Sydney. You Aussies will know what Emma Chisett means. I’m curious to know if anyone else does.
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The ultimate misheard lyrics in a way! What a fabulous piece of your personal history and show you have always had a good eye for composition. We lived in Sydney for a while, loved it.
I love old photos, and this one is great, especially with your story to go along with it.
I have never heard of Emma Chisett, before and had to google it, what fun reading about it ;-)