:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots

Jonathan Mac · 03-02-2016, 07:35 AM - **1 Like**

Fuji 400H, Pentax P30T

Fuji 400H, P30T, Newcastle 009a by Jonathan MacDonald, on Flickr

Swift1 · 03-02-2016, 11:27 AM - **3 Likes**

Fujifilm Klasse
Fujinon 38/2.6
Kodak Portra 400
Epson V750-M Pro

**Jacquot** · 03-02-2016, 11:49 AM

Wonderful shot Colton. Great composition there, triple stack. I like the color, too.

Swift1 · 03-02-2016, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by Jacquot

Wonderful shot Colton. Great composition there, triple stack. I like the color, too.

Thank you, David.
The camper on the old truck is one of the oddest things I've seen. It looks to be factory made, but it is so large that it has its own axle that sits under it behind the truck.

kneemeister · 03-02-2016, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by Swift1

Thank you, David.
The camper on the old truck is one of the oddest things I've seen. It looks to be factory made, but it is so large that it has its own axle that sits under it behind the truck.

My Dad would have loved that camper, we even had the truck that is under it!! All we had was a camper shell, sorta half way between a topper and a regular truck camper, we still managed to cram a family of 4 in the thing from Michigan to the Black Hills and back.

cooltouch · 03-02-2016, 08:40 PM

Why, heck, that 'uns a downright roomy camper, that one is. Even has air conditioning! And a crew cab -- lots of room. Shoot, back in 1993 we crammed five of us in a Ford Ranger XLT (the one with the sorta half extension behind the seats) with just a plain old camper shell, and we drove from Los Angeles to Houston and back. Tempers were getting a mite frayed by the time we hit Tucson on the return trip -- with miles and miles yet to go.

**ffking** · 03-03-2016, 01:24 AM - **3 Likes**

Pentax-1, 28-105, Fujichrome Provia 100- South Africa1998

dsmithhfx · 03-03-2016, 02:59 AM

Originally posted by ffking

Pentax-1, 28-105, Fujichrome Provia 100- South Africa1998

This is one of the best in this series (if I may call it that) you posted here so far. What's the back story? Which part of SA is this?

Edit: ok, just by posting that I see it is Kwazakhele township in Port Elizabeth. Anyway, would love to hear more about how you came to be taking these pictures.

**ffking** · 03-03-2016, 03:42 AM

Originally posted by dsmithhfx

This is one of the best in this series (if I may call it that) you posted here so far. What's the back story? Which part of SA is this?

Edit: ok, just by posting that I see it is Kwazakhele township in Port Elizabeth. Anyway, would love to hear more about how you came to be taking these pictures.

Thanks for your kind words. My wife is South African, and we were living there for a few years. A community nurse we knew was doing a project on preventative medicine in the townships - the things that could be easily an cheaply improved to uplift the most people's lives. My wife and I were glad to do a walk around with her and a local community worker taking pictures (she knew I was a photographer) for the cost of the film and processing, paid for be her research project. Most of the transparencies had to be given over, of course, and I didn't have a very good film scanner in those days to keep copies, but there were a few duplicates, or pictures where I felt that the pictorial value was stronger than the value to the project where I kept the slides - and I'm so glad I did - they make a fascinating archive. We did another project later in Zwide, an equally fascinating project, but the pictures were of models for a TB prevention picture story so of less general interest. Amazing experiences, and a massive insight into the lives of the people living in those places - so different from the news footage which you only see when things go,wrong. If you click on the picture and go to the Flickr site you'll see most of what have. The other series we did was about the people - especially the children - living on and scavenging the municipal dump outside Graaff-Reinet - again - amazing people!

PS there's a few more general shots here Panoramio - Photos by Graham Hobbs > Kwa Zakhele

dsmithhfx · 03-03-2016, 06:23 AM

Originally posted by ffking

Thanks for your kind words. My wife is South African, and we were living there for a few years. A community nurse we knew was doing a project on preventative medicine in the townships - the things that could be easily an cheaply improved to uplift the most people's lives. My wife and I were glad to do a walk around with her and a local community worker taking pictures (she knew I was a photographer) for the cost of the film and processing, paid for be her research project. Most of the transparencies had to be given over, of course, and I didn't have a very good film scanner in those days to keep copies, but there were a few duplicates, or pictures where I felt that the pictorial value was stronger than the value to the project where I kept the slides - and I'm so glad I did - they make a fascinating archive. We did another project later in Zwide, an equally fascinating project, but the pictures were of models for a TB prevention picture story so of less general interest. Amazing experiences, and a massive insight into the lives of the people living in those places - so different from the news footage which you only see when things go,wrong. If you click on the picture and go to the Flickr site you'll see most of what have. The other series we did was about the people - especially the children - living on and scavenging the municipal dump outside Graaff-Reinet - again - amazing people!

PS there's a few more general shots here Panoramio - Photos by Graham Hobbs > Kwa Zakhele

Thanks so much. Great story. It's pretty obvious the subjects in these photos are aware of having their picture taken, and they seem to be perfectly at ease. It struck me as possibly being some kind of journalistic project because tourists would not have that kind of access, or the inclination to go into those areas (I could be wrong about that). You also have many great wildlife pics on your flickr feed. I envy your experiences.

dsmithhfx · 03-03-2016, 06:29 AM

**ffking** · 03-03-2016, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by dsmithhfx

You also have many great wildlife pics on your flickr feed. I envy your experiences.

Thanks again - South Africa is such a photogenic country - people, wildlife, scenery - but it was one of those unpredictable things in life to marry a South African and take a part of my life there - obviously everything has its costs too, but I'm very glad to have spent those years there and had the experiences I did. We went back ti SA last year for the first time in 13 years (for me) - and I still loved the experience of driving the roads and stopping wherever the fancy took me to take pictures - a real dream of freedom for a resident of this cold and crowded little island

stevebrot · 03-03-2016, 12:25 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Swift1

Thank you, David.
The camper on the old truck is one of the oddest things I've seen. It looks to be factory made, but it is so large that it has its own axle that sits under it behind the truck.

Thanks for adding the note about the hitchhiker axle. I agree, that is one very strange camper and I found your photo mildly disturbing as a result

Steve

Swift1 · 03-03-2016, 09:39 PM - **4 Likes**

Miss Etta with her Minolta Autocord

Contax G2
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 35/2
Kodak Portra 400
Epson V750-M Pro

**Jacquot** · 03-04-2016, 04:12 AM

Wonderful shot, and she is really growing up!

03-03-2016, 03:42 AM	#12909
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	Originally posted by dsmithhfx This is one of the best in this series (if I may call it that) you posted here so far. What's the back story? Which part of SA is this? Edit: ok, just by posting that I see it is Kwazakhele township in Port Elizabeth. Anyway, would love to hear more about how you came to be taking these pictures. Thanks for your kind words. My wife is South African, and we were living there for a few years. A community nurse we knew was doing a project on preventative medicine in the townships - the things that could be easily an cheaply improved to uplift the most people's lives. My wife and I were glad to do a walk around with her and a local community worker taking pictures (she knew I was a photographer) for the cost of the film and processing, paid for be her research project. Most of the transparencies had to be given over, of course, and I didn't have a very good film scanner in those days to keep copies, but there were a few duplicates, or pictures where I felt that the pictorial value was stronger than the value to the project where I kept the slides - and I'm so glad I did - they make a fascinating archive. We did another project later in Zwide, an equally fascinating project, but the pictures were of models for a TB prevention picture story so of less general interest. Amazing experiences, and a massive insight into the lives of the people living in those places - so different from the news footage which you only see when things go,wrong. If you click on the picture and go to the Flickr site you'll see most of what have. The other series we did was about the people - especially the children - living on and scavenging the municipal dump outside Graaff-Reinet - again - amazing people! PS there's a few more general shots here Panoramio - Photos by Graham Hobbs > Kwa Zakhele Last edited by ffking; 03-03-2016 at 04:07 AM. Reason: add PS

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Jacquot Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sun City Center, FL Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,544	Wonderful shot Colton. Great composition there, triple stack. I like the color, too.

03-02-2016, 01:36 PM	#12904
Swift1 Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oregon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,079	Originally posted by Jacquot Wonderful shot Colton. Great composition there, triple stack. I like the color, too. Thank you, David. The camper on the old truck is one of the oddest things I've seen. It looks to be factory made, but it is so large that it has its own axle that sits under it behind the truck.

03-02-2016, 01:56 PM	#12905
kneemeister Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Pittsford, Michigan Photos: Albums Posts: 89	Originally posted by Swift1 Thank you, David. The camper on the old truck is one of the oddest things I've seen. It looks to be factory made, but it is so large that it has its own axle that sits under it behind the truck. My Dad would have loved that camper, we even had the truck that is under it!! All we had was a camper shell, sorta half way between a topper and a regular truck camper, we still managed to cram a family of 4 in the thing from Michigan to the Black Hills and back.

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cooltouch Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Houston, Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 982	Why, heck, that 'uns a downright roomy camper, that one is. Even has air conditioning! And a crew cab -- lots of room. Shoot, back in 1993 we crammed five of us in a Ford Ranger XLT (the one with the sorta half extension behind the seats) with just a plain old camper shell, and we drove from Los Angeles to Houston and back. Tempers were getting a mite frayed by the time we hit Tucson on the return trip -- with miles and miles yet to go.

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dsmithhfx Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,146	Originally posted by ffking Pentax-1, 28-105, Fujichrome Provia 100- South Africa1998 This is one of the best in this series (if I may call it that) you posted here so far. What's the back story? Which part of SA is this? Edit: ok, just by posting that I see it is Kwazakhele township in Port Elizabeth. Anyway, would love to hear more about how you came to be taking these pictures.

03-03-2016, 06:23 AM	#12910
dsmithhfx Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,146	Originally posted by ffking Thanks for your kind words. My wife is South African, and we were living there for a few years. A community nurse we knew was doing a project on preventative medicine in the townships - the things that could be easily an cheaply improved to uplift the most people's lives. My wife and I were glad to do a walk around with her and a local community worker taking pictures (she knew I was a photographer) for the cost of the film and processing, paid for be her research project. Most of the transparencies had to be given over, of course, and I didn't have a very good film scanner in those days to keep copies, but there were a few duplicates, or pictures where I felt that the pictorial value was stronger than the value to the project where I kept the slides - and I'm so glad I did - they make a fascinating archive. We did another project later in Zwide, an equally fascinating project, but the pictures were of models for a TB prevention picture story so of less general interest. Amazing experiences, and a massive insight into the lives of the people living in those places - so different from the news footage which you only see when things go,wrong. If you click on the picture and go to the Flickr site you'll see most of what have. The other series we did was about the people - especially the children - living on and scavenging the municipal dump outside Graaff-Reinet - again - amazing people! PS there's a few more general shots here Panoramio - Photos by Graham Hobbs > Kwa Zakhele Thanks so much. Great story. It's pretty obvious the subjects in these photos are aware of having their picture taken, and they seem to be perfectly at ease. It struck me as possibly being some kind of journalistic project because tourists would not have that kind of access, or the inclination to go into those areas (I could be wrong about that). You also have many great wildlife pics on your flickr feed. I envy your experiences.

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03-03-2016, 07:15 AM	#12912
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	Originally posted by dsmithhfx You also have many great wildlife pics on your flickr feed. I envy your experiences. Thanks again - South Africa is such a photogenic country - people, wildlife, scenery - but it was one of those unpredictable things in life to marry a South African and take a part of my life there - obviously everything has its costs too, but I'm very glad to have spent those years there and had the experiences I did. We went back ti SA last year for the first time in 13 years (for me) - and I still loved the experience of driving the roads and stopping wherever the fancy took me to take pictures - a real dream of freedom for a resident of this cold and crowded little island

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stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by Swift1 Thank you, David. The camper on the old truck is one of the oddest things I've seen. It looks to be factory made, but it is so large that it has its own axle that sits under it behind the truck. Thanks for adding the note about the hitchhiker axle. I agree, that is one very strange camper and I found your photo mildly disturbing as a result Steve

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Jacquot Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sun City Center, FL Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,544	Wonderful shot, and she is really growing up!