Don't forget the deadline for the "Camera" Baker's Dozen is today (Saturday, May 21). It went very well; we've gotten a lot of quirky, interesting, and varied submissions. Lots of good "camera portraits" and lots of pictures featuring smartphones, when I'll only have space for one or two, maybe three, of each. That's not to say yours can't be one of the chosen ones. But those are the overpopulated categories where the competition will be toughest, in case you're still deciding what to submit.
If you could get yours in by, say, noonish, EST, good enough.
By the way, my favorite camera picture I've ever done is the one of my friend Kent's M4 which I posted here. But I doubt it would be special and different enough to be part of this Baker's Dozen! A picture of a camera for a contest needs a little something extra, to stand out. (I wonder if there's a post there...the effect of contests on what and how one might shoot. Because contests do have different standards than purely personal artistic direction. And obviously not all the effects are good. Sorry, just thinking out loud.)
This one is pretty light, just fun. But hey, this is the place.
Last chance!
Mike
Book o' the Week
It's Not About the F-Stop by Jay Maisel. Jay was suggested by Moose and this book was suggested by Albert Smith. I got to meet Jay Maisel once. Everybody should meet him in his books, if they haven't already. Might help; cannot hurt. Jay's is some of the most positive, hopeful, and generous picture-taking advice you'll find.
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I can't submit a picture, because I don't know where to find an example to photograph, but my submission would be an RCA TK-31 image orthicon television camera. They were mainstays in the 1950s everywhere and into the 60s in smaller markets. I spent a lot of time shoving one around working for KFEQ-TV in St. Joseph MO. It took a magician to get a decent picture from these.
Posted by: Bob Feugate | Friday, 20 May 2022 at 06:18 PM