You are with me always.
Tag Family
Sounds fine to me…
Pirate the mechanic.
How to make an engine purr.
I was changing out the battery when Pirate decided that the engine looked like a good spot.
Camera: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170
Chris
Finding the Magic Kingdom!
While recovering some lost images from my now deceased hp laptop, I came across these pics that I’m somewhat proud of. Why? Because taking pictures in Disney World is not easy. How many times can you take the same shot over and over? How do you look at something that you’ve seen hundreds of times and still find an interesting point of view? How do you make the thousands of people “go away”?
Here’s some examples –
Cindy’s Castle from behind. A tight crop in the camera while pointing it nearly straight up with a wide angle lens. A dramatic sky helps too.
No peeps view! I had to wait until the last person cleared the bridge. I like the sky in this one too and it’s shot from a Tomorrowland viewpoint.
While driving (slowly) I held the camera out the driver’s side window… no they wouldn’t let me get out of the car to take this shot. How many times have I driven under that sign and wanted to take a picture???
Another tight crop in the camera while holding the camera over my head to make the people go away. Gorgeous day too!
Hi Megan!!!
Green means we’re in!
Welcome!
Crazy contrast! And yes the sky was that blue!!!
Not so haunting.
Yes it is – but an expensive one.
I’m thinking “UP”!
We’ve always seen a face.
Almost golden.
Time to go…
Thanks for hanging with us!
Camera: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170
Chris and Carol
Chart House Jacksonville for Mother’s Day 2017
One of our favorites – along the south bank of the St. Johns River in almost downtown Jacksonville.
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S4 and Fujifilm FinePix S9900W
Chris
Original Art by Lindsay
Our daughter Lindsay’s art from her high school days. ^.^
Camera: Samsung Galaxy S4
Chris
Nonverbal Communication
Perfect nonverbal communication between cat and human. Just in case I didn’t “get it”.
Pirate “speaks” his own type of language.
Happy 22nd Birthday TJ
Our son Tim’s 22nd birthday today!
A big 7 celebrating on top of the Montauk, Long Island, New York Lighthouse.
Happy Birthday TJ!!!
My Mom
Remembering my mom on the date of her passing…
In happy times 1976, at Jensen Beach, Florida.
Family trip out west Christmas 1960.
Always miss you mom…
Mary September 10, 1916 to March 11, 1985
My Dad Paul
On the 103rd anniversary of his birth – March 7, 1914
On the streets of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn ca. 1921. My dad’s dad drove a milk wagon delivering milk in the neighborhoods of Brooklyn. My dad grew up around horses and continued that trend while assigned to a CCC camp at Ft. Dix, New Jersey just before WWII.
U.S. Army ca. 1943. Military Policeman assigned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
His favorite camera. Purchased new in 1953.
Remembering a great man on the day of his birth. Forever missed.
Chris
Hello and Welcome! Update 2.2.2017
Welcome to our blog about a very simple camera made by a company in Japan. We (Carol and Chris) are “Yashica Fanatics”, so it was a natural for us to start this blog dedicated to one of Yashica’s least known cameras. Most film camera aficionados might have some basic knowledge of the Pentamatic. They may have seen it in passing… usually fuzzy images on the web with often misleading info to boot. It’s a rather odd looking SLR with just enough quirks to make it interesting (to us at least). It was never a big time seller for Yashica but its true value was as a platform for innovation and invention for the designers at Yashica.
We fell in love with the Pentamatic’s clean lines and “modern” design. The presentation box was as unique as the camera itself.
Our “goal” here at the ‘Yashica Pentamatic Fanatic’ is to expose as many people as we can to the Pentamatic and to the company that conceived it. Please feel free to add to our knowledge base… if something is incorrect please let us know. If you know something about it or any of the topics we blog about… once again, please share it! We would love to here from you!
Another goal is to share our passion for photography. It’s been a part of our daily lives since we were born. I can’t remember the first picture that I ever shot – it probably was a mess – but I can remember one of the most special pictures I ever took – a picture of my parents.
My mom Mary and me in of all places, Vegas. We were on a big family vacation from New York to California – Christmas 1960. My dad Paul took this picture. Yep, my first camera – a Kodak for Christmas (notice that I was holding it up to show it off). My mom was holding a freshly taken Polaroid from my dad’s Pathfinder 110 Polaroid. Pictures – cameras – family.
Many many thanks for your visit… Chris and Carol ^.^
Chasing Classic Cameras with Chris 