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| Eilleen Killeen |
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| Jill Killeen |
There's something numbing about contact sheets and the repetition; at the same time they reveal a lot. I spent some considerable time squinting at food shots on this kind of proof sheet with a magnifier, mostly looking for error. I was never very confident about the aesthetic part of the process and I'd rely on the photographers to pick out the best shots. Now that I'm a student at the Sepia Saturday College of Photographic Inspection, I'm enjoying these sheets much more. I've learned from all my Sepian friends about the details which can tell so much about a person, a place or a time. Yes, the devil is certainly in there somewhere.
Among my keepsakes, I found these photo booth strips, the closest thing I have to contact sheets. The smiling child at the top of the post is my sister Eilleen at about eight years old; one strip is of my mother, Jill Killeen in 1969 at about fifty-nine years of age; and the last strip is my mother and me when I was about three years old. As usual I suffered when held still...I had "itchy" feet even then.
And here's where my itchy feet have brought me now...to the porch of a houseboat on Lake Dal in Kashmir.
Grab your magnifying glass and head over to www.sepiasaturda.blogspot.com for more inspection adventures.
Third time is the charm, right Helen? I'd forgotten about those photo booths! We used to have them at county fairs...the curtain that you pulled across the doorway, the bright light of the flash! What fun to see them again...
ReplyDeleteThat third picture of you really is lovely. I also enjoyed the ones of your mum and sister.
ReplyDeleteGlad you kept at it and finally got the link to work! I enjoyed seeing you and your mom...and I sure remember those photo booths. You didn't seem to be having much fun though.
ReplyDeleteI forgot to say, being in Kasmir, no wonder you had to try 3 times, and how wonderful it looks!
DeleteThe SSCPI; I rather like that! Kashmir looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLove those old photos. I think I may have one of myself back in Minnesota. Wintering in Nevada so guess I can not post it right now.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic view! I have some photobooth snaps somewhere, but unlike yours, mine were pretty woeful.
ReplyDeleteIf a picture is worth a thousand words these contact strips are the equivalent to a half novel. And the wonders of digital representation mean we no longer have to squint with magnifying glasses.
ReplyDeleteItchy feet makes life interesting. Photo booth strips I remember those, some made you look glam others oi..oi..
ReplyDeleteI look back and wonder why my folks and I never had photobooth shots made. It's lovely to see you have these with your mom. I have one strip taken with my uncle.
ReplyDeleteInteresting photo machine pix, & the Kashmir shot is spectacular!
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