Picked up this book today at Costco. It's been on my wish list for a while as it is a definitive guide to his photographic career across 5 decades (as I understand it, the only single volume to do so).
The book contains his most famous photos as well as some not so famous. It also contains his own commentaries on his photos which I think will make interesting reading. I can't wait to curl up with this over some hot cocoa while the kids are gone to daycare/preschool :)
Geoff Rasmussen of Millennia Corp, publishers of Legacy Family Tree software, will be coming to Vernon, British Columbia on Dec 1 to talk about the soon to be released Legacy 7. As with all previous versions of Legacy, Legacy will come in two versions, the free version and the Deluxe version. No word as to the upgrade pricing but it will most likely be in the $20-$30 range.
Legacy 7 will include real footnotes/endnotes for RTF reports (yay Geoff!). This feature has been a long time in coming.
So after confessing my vintage camera addiction I decided to go shopping on eBay to get me another camera :)
I missed out on several Canonet QL17 GIIIs that were getting a bit too rich for my budget so I put a low offer on one final camera before trying my luck on a 1973-1980 Yashica Electro 35 GSN (my 2nd choice).
The GSN is the fouth generation of this camera after several improvements have been made but before they started removing a few features in later models. Another fixed lens camera with an F/1.7 aperture (like the QL17) I picked one up for $27 + $13 shipping = $40 and then went out with the kids for a couple of hours while waiting for the vendor to send me back the invoice.
When I came back I refreshed my page only to find I had 2 items in my waiting to pay area. Two? Duh, I won the 1972-1982 Canonet QL17 GIII unattended auction with my low ball bid. Ooops! Guess I learned a lesson there.... I guess with 4 of these babies I am officially a collector now!
Just have to share this slideshow of slides a guy found at a thrift store taken by a solider whilst on a tour of duty in Vietnam in the 70s. He tracked down the original owner/photographer who now lives in Hawaii. It's a very cool story and the slides/photos are great. They look like they were taken yesterday, they are in such good shape and the subject matter is very interesting and gives a real taste of Vietnam and how different it must have seemed to those young soliders.
Here is the layout for Stand Up and Scrap week 5 "A picture says 1000 words". The rules for this challenge were a single picture with no journaling only a simple title. This picture was taken on an outing to the Pumpkin Patch, capturing the two of them discovering a Sunflower for the first time. This was my final entry in the Stand Up and Scrap Challenge. Hope you enjoyed my layouts :)
Mother of 3 and workaholic IT Project Manager, I am dedicated to telling life's stories using words, photos and art. I hope it inspires you to capture a piece of your life. ♥
