Every year Pullman, Washington has Cabaret in the early spring. Now you’re wondering, “What is Cabaret for crying-out-loud?”
Well … On The Palouse it’s known as Pullman’s Prom. It is a first class, black tie optional, fund raiser for the Pullman Chamber of Commerce, attended by great generous people with fun and charity in mind. Everybody who’s anybody is there. Dr. David and staff try to be there. You know – to try to be somebody. Cabaret always has a theme, and in 2014 it was Phantom of the Opera. So what does this have to do with the photo being considered? Okay, okay in 2014 this bunch of nonconformists show up inappropriately “masked” for the event. What a bunch of yahoos. Actually this is Dr. David's staff, friends and their spouses. This photo was taken by ***Heather Schwartz*** an administrative assistant, and a very capable and unique photographer. Notice: To protect the innocent the identities of all within the photo will remain anonymous.
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The short answer to this question is, "If I wish to display these old photos in the digital world, what choice do I have?"
There are only a few of these film or transparency conversion included in my collection. Frankly I can’t remember which were what. In terms of MBs (megabytes) these photos are small files some having only KBs which prevents the definition, detail and amazing colors of digital photography. Some were taken with a vintage 1950s Kodak Signet 35 film camera. Of course I purchased it used 20 years after it was introduced in an effort to keep within a healthcare student's budget. An optometric doctorate takes eight years and beaucoup bucks taking more than eight years to reimburse after the fact. Those who keep me humble have said some of these photos are good – or at least commendable. The subject matter’s compelling and the composure fair for an amateur. By the way, the lenses on the old Kodak Signets were very clear and the vernier focus on these cameras also produced excellent clarity. In fact I wish modern digital cameras would include vernier focus as an aspect of the manual option. The human eye is extremely sensitive to the vernier arrangement, it's unaffected by clarity of vision and it is much easier than relying on clarity of the image seen through the SLR viewfinder. Of course, that being said, the human eye cannot be as accurate as the modern auto-focusing mechanisms - provided the auto-focus feature is practical for the task at hand. - Dr. Dan David Taken from Gary Cooper's The Real West, a 1961 NBC presentation (video below - click "Read More"):
"That was some big piece of country. It stretched, some said, from Beelzebub to breakfast. "All it lacked to be paradise was plenty of water and society ... which of course is all they lack in hell. |