tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147904112441997460.post2125025711316024225..comments2023-05-19T09:26:08.182-05:00Comments on Lost Gallery: Back Page - Tourism and Photographyanyjazzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147904112441997460.post-14487787849986813662009-11-19T09:15:48.449-06:002009-11-19T09:15:48.449-06:00Thanks very much, WWW.
Old photographs are fasc...Thanks very much, WWW. <br /><br />Old photographs are fascinating in many ways. When one thinks of them as a bit of time from the past, they become important and unique. A camera is our only time machine.<br /><br />I hope you can take a trip through some of the thousands of photographs collected here (or on Flickr). I enjoy finding them and listening to the stories they have to tell. <br /><br />When I hear comments like “My dad had a car like that,” I know I have sparked a pleasant memory. <br /><br />Recently I have gotten several comments in the WW2 set. People have found the base where their dad was stationed or the actual aircraft that their dad flew missions in. One mother told me how one picture helped make a grandfather a real person to her two children by showing them the actual B-17 that he flew.<br /><br />And when someone finds a relative pictured here, it is a special treat for me. On this page is one such story from the Milner family. I was able to return a dozen or so dust-bin doomed photographs to their family historian. http://lostgallery.blogspot.com/2009/03/turn-it-over-theres-something-on-back.htmlanyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147904112441997460.post-60492134087565611362009-11-19T01:40:51.698-06:002009-11-19T01:40:51.698-06:00Oh that was a giggle, my style of pic, extraordina...Oh that was a giggle, my style of pic, extraordinary rock too. I must cruise the rest of your pics, they are so interesting. Giving life to the old postcards is truly inspired!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147904112441997460.post-13048043172412458512009-11-18T07:28:39.078-06:002009-11-18T07:28:39.078-06:00Thanks, WWW. I hope to add more to this page soon...Thanks, WWW. I hope to add more to this page soon.<br /><br />Yes, in researching the location I found quite a number of pictures of the rock taken from the same spot. There were a number of them posed as in picture number 3 with someone “holding up” the Balancing Rock. <br /><br />I found many pictures of the “Table Rock” in Tennessee. There are people sitting and standing on and all around it. But the camera angle is the same. I saw only one with a gentleman posed as if he were holding up the left side.<br /><br />It is a great temptation. I think it adds a personal touch to photographs to have a family member doing something besides just standing with their toes together, hands behind their backs and squinting in the sun. <br /><br />Here is a picture I took about 15 years ago. http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/50918964/anyjazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03319237414264543250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147904112441997460.post-86085517145045555922009-11-18T00:00:52.967-06:002009-11-18T00:00:52.967-06:00I'm always surprised when photographers don...I'm always surprised when photographers don't take full advantage of a rock such as you show and use the perspective of their subjects looking as if they're holding up said rock with their hands.<br />I know I would. Much more fun.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.com