Apart from the odd photo with my father's Kodak Brownie I started taking
photos with a camera I bought from my first Christmas tips (gratuities) as a
newspaper delivery boy. Some time later I got into D&P at home.
The first lesson that I learned that stayed with me was about the
relationship between developer temp and development time - doubling the
temperature definitely does not half the time.
Two SLR's and many years later one of my daughters passed me her point and
shoot camera to take a photo of a bride, since I had the better vantage point, I
was unimpressed by the minute image in the viewfinder, she was even less
impressed by my close-ups of my right ear. Howevere simple the camera - check
how it works.
Then the digital years came around - what joy - I can hide all my mistakes
before anyone else sees them!
Michael
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