From darkroom to cell phones
Fuller Photography. We do not have a studio or take pictures for payment but the name just sounds nice. When I lived in Glendale, California I had a darkroom in my apartment. My friends were all about photography. We had cameras and telephoto lenses, filters, and all of the fun stuff that every kid would want. Ralph, a friend from Jr. High school, was working on being a free lance photographer and he still is today. I look back on shooting with 35mm, but we also did a little 620 film. It was fun to use over 15 different papers to print the image on and trying filters on the paper or changing the exposure. You had to get it right the first time because you could not shoot the scene again. Today everyone thinks they can take pictures. When I watch videos with the bad lighting and sound, not to mention the bad acting, this is when I wish the cell phones would go away. Most people take good stills. They just don't understand what setting they have on their phones. F stop, white balance, distance, and much more. But most of all you can retake the shot or have hundreds of photos on a little computer that fits in your hand. Think about what you really can do with a cell phone camera today. Try reading up on what your cell phone will do. Your photos will get better.Welcome
Going back in time with a camera that only takes 8 to 12 photos.
It's been a long journey from film to computers. We would have to buy the film, then load the film, then send it in for developing. Then you have to wait days for it to come back. We would open the package like it was Christmas, then look in awe at each photo. Now you can take and print hundreds of photos in a snap. But to think about the cameras that my dad had in 1935. The format size was big. 2" x 2" so the film was very big. That also meant that the grain of the film was much better than 35mm film. When they got better at making 35mm the grain got better. But my parents and Joanie’s had to only take 8 photos with one roll of film. Try taking only 8 pictures with your cell phone and waiting 3 days to be developed to see if they turned out before you can take 8 more. Then you have to pay for the film and developing. Joanie’s family camera was sitting on a shelf like most antiques do. So we started getting into the vintage look and I started collecting cameras. I love cameras and the older the better. I would love to have a press camera from the 1940's. The funny thing was that on the Dapper Day of November 2017 a lady came up to me and started talking about cameras because I had one of my vintage ones with me. Then we talked about a press camera. That's the one with the very big format film. The next thing I know, she pulls one out of her bag. She works at a college that does photography big time. The camera was so nice. She even had the plates with real film in them. What a deal. Sign me up! Over the top. OK come back to earth. The cameras I have are: Kodak Jiffy 20, Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, Kodak Bullseye, Kodak Brownie six, Argus 75, and a Polaroid 210 Land Camera. Almost every time we go out dressed Vintage or Dapper I like to take a camera along. Someone will say, “Boy, I had one of them when I was going up.” Or the big question was, “Does that camera work?” Well, an old camera will need some cleaning, but most of them work. Just test them at the store by taking the case off and working the shutter a few times. A camera is just a box with a shutter to open and close so the light will come in very fast. Some kids will look at the camera and wonder how it works. So here is the answer to the question of does it work. Yes. We took the cameras and got some 120 film then I took and modified the film down to a 620 so they would fit into the cameras and we took the photos you see here on the next few pages. It was fun taking the pictures, but what a cost to get all of it done. Film is easy to find in 120 format. But all the cameras take 620 film so I had to change the spools on each one. I had to learn about the changing ends also. See the last page on how I did it.
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Fuller
From darkroom to cell phones
Fuller Photography. We do not have a studio or take pictures for payment but the name just sounds nice. When I lived in Glendale, California I had a darkroom in my apartment. My friends were all about photography. We had cameras and telephoto lenses, filters, and all of the fun stuff that every kid would want. Ralph, a friend from Jr. High school, was working on being a free lance photographer and he still is today. I look back on shooting with 35mm, but we also did a little 620 film. It was fun to use over 15 different papers to print the image on and trying filters on the paper or changing the exposure. You had to get it right the first time because you could not shoot the scene again. Today everyone thinks they can take pictures. When I watch videos with the bad lighting and sound, not to mention the bad acting, this is when I wish the cell phones would go away. Most people take good stills. They just don't understand what setting they have on their phones. F stop, white balance, distance, and much more. But most of all you can retake the shot or have hundreds of photos on a little computer that fits in your hand. Think about what you really can do with a cell phone camera today. Try reading up on what your cell phone will do. Your photos will get better.Welcome
Going back in time with a camera that only takes 8 to 12
photos.
It's been a long journey from film to computers. We would have to buy the film, then load the film, then send it in for developing. Then you have to wait days for it to come back. We would open the package like it was Christmas, then look in awe at each photo. Now you can take and print hundreds of photos in a snap. But to think about the cameras that my dad had in 1935. The format size was big. 2" x 2" so the film was very big. That also meant that the grain of the film was much better than 35mm film. When they got better at making 35mm the grain got better. But my parents and Joanie’s had to only take 8 photos with one roll of film. Try taking only 8 pictures with your cell phone and waiting 3 days to be developed to see if they turned out before you can take 8 more. Then you have to pay for the film and developing. Joanie’s family camera was sitting on a shelf like most antiques do. So we started getting into the vintage look and I started collecting cameras. I love cameras and the older the better. I would love to have a press camera from the 1940's. The funny thing was that on the Dapper Day of November 2017 a lady came up to me and started talking about cameras because I had one of my vintage ones with me. Then we talked about a press camera. That's the one with the very big format film. The next thing I know, she pulls one out of her bag. She works at a college that does photography big time. The camera was so nice. She even had the plates with real film in them. What a deal. Sign me up! Over the top. OK come back to earth. The cameras I have are: Kodak Jiffy 20, Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, Kodak Bullseye, Kodak Brownie six, Argus 75, and a Polaroid 210 Land Camera. Almost every time we go out dressed Vintage or Dapper I like to take a camera along. Someone will say, “Boy, I had one of them when I was going up.” Or the big question was, “Does that camera work?” Well, an old camera will need some cleaning, but most of them work. Just test them at the store by taking the case off and working the shutter a few times. A camera is just a box with a shutter to open and close so the light will come in very fast. Some kids will look at the camera and wonder how it works. So here is the answer to the question of does it work. Yes. We took the cameras and got some 120 film then I took and modified the film down to a 620 so they would fit into the cameras and we took the photos you see here on the next few pages. It was fun taking the pictures, but what a cost to get all of it done. Film is easy to find in 120 format. But all the cameras take 620 film so I had to change the spools on each one. I had to learn about the changing ends also. See the last page on how I did it.
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Fuller
