Lost Gallery: photographer

Friday, October 9, 2009

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Album - Gloria and the Amateur Photographer

Here is a glamorous girl we shall call Gloria. She appears in at least 30 of the pictures in this set, all found together.

Gloria seems to have had some modeling experience. She strikes typical pin-up, calendar-girl poses.

The photographer was a little less experienced. His shots have light leaks, background interference and framing problems. Many of these shots had to be cleaned up a great deal.

This set was found in Norman, Oklahoma.

Here is another girl who appears in many of the photographs in this set. She is named "Janice" in the inscription on this photograph.

Gloria and Janice

The photographs in this set were all found together. Most of them seem connected.

In general, connections are made in a number of ways. Some simply have the same people in them. Others have similar photo finisher marks or imprints. Some are connected only by the format and size of the photograph paper. Some might have identification on the reverse, same names or handwriting or ink color. Similar aging, photo mounts or glue marks can tie some together.

Sometimes a photograph seems to have no connection to the others except that it was found with the batch. There are a few like that in this set. They are included here anyway, just in case.

There will be 61 photographs in this set. See if you can spot Janice and "Gloria" in them.

Gloria Album - Gladys in sweater and skirt

That's all 61 of the photographs in that batch. How many are Gloria and how many are Janice? Are there others repeated too?

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Mistakes in Amateur Photography - The Shadow (Page Two)

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Album - Gloria and the Amateur Photographer

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		The shadowy figure in the foreground. How many pictures do you see where there is the mysterious stranger in the frame. Who is it? Well, it's seldom a real mystery. It's usually the photographer and can usually be found along the bottom edge of a snapshot.






Can't get enough? Go back to PAGE ONE of THE SHADOW OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER OR Go on to PAGE THREE of THE SHADOW OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER	This is a part of a series looking at a few examples from Lost Gallery of the seven most common problems of the amateur photographer. 1.) The photographer's own shadow is in the picture. 2.) Forgot to advance the film: The Double Exposure 3.) Blocked the lens with a finger or a thumb or something 4.) Somebody moved, either the subject or the photographer 5.) Not framed right, Missing heads, feet, people 6.) Improper lighting (Overexposed, Underexposed) 7.) Fogged negative from miss-loaded film or a damaged camera. Or, RETURN TO THE BACK PAGE INDEX.