MSA May/June, 2021 “Family Heirloom”

[ajmiller]

Photograph a family heirloom - something handed down from one generation to another in your family. It could be a bible, jewellery, a car or any object that was handed down to you.

 

[MattKing]

Great theme Tony.
Here is a link to the current MSA rules and guidelines
https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...vised-2015-07-further-revised-2019-07.126124/
A reminder that images must be analogue capture, and taken no earlier than May 1, 2021.
I'll do my mini-moderator bit with Sticky Threads and the list of Theme topics.

 

[ajmiller]

To get things going this is my WPPD submission which I got around to printing yesterday. (and which gave me the idea for this month's theme). These tools were handed down from my Father though I don't think he ever used them. I used my old French Demaria, Lapierre and Mollier 13x18 camera which I've adapted to take 5x7 holders. I knocked up a lensboard for the 0.6mm pinhole. Exposure was about 19 minutes and I used pre-flashed Fotospeed RCVC paper. Contact printed on Ilford MG paper.

 

[ajmiller]

Just a reminder for the weekend!

 

[mooseontheloose]

Interesting theme! I'll have to think outside the box for this one, since, as an expat living abroad, I don't have too many family heirlooms with me.

 

[ajmiller]

The garden pot in this print we 'inherited' from my wife's family garden when the house was sold. It's not a family heirloom as such but was handed on to us. here's some ideas for heirlooms that may inspire.
https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/family/heirlooms/10-most-common-heirlooms.htm

Winter Garden

• ajmiller
• Feb 15, 2021
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5x7 contact print from a couple of days ago!

 

[mooseontheloose]

Thanks for the link! Actually, I've been thinking of many of the items mentioned there, as my parents are getting old and will want to downsize their home in the next year or two (pandemic-willing), and I've been thinking about which items I would like to inherit when the time comes. Living in a tiny place in Japan means I'll have to be really precise in what can come with me, hopefully my brother will be willing to take a few more pieces so we can preserve a bit of our parents' legacy. For better or for worse, my parents are not nostalgic or sentimental people, so we have very little in the way that may have come from grandparents or other family members. It was always a frustration to me as a child, because I loved those things. The irony is now I have many things that I would love to pass onto my children, but since I'll never have any, it's all a moot point.

In any event, the only things I think I have with me at the moment are a leatherman tool my dad gave me, and a few pieces my mom has crocheted. Neither of them are heirlooms though. I'll see what I can do.

 

[ajmiller]

We're lucky in that we have a bit of room here and we believe in re-use so we took/ take in a lot of things that would have been thrown out when family downsizing took place.At the link I was suprised at recipes been included - and, as daft as it is - never thought of photographs! Good luck with your ideas.

 

[MattKing]

Neither of them are heirlooms though. I'll see what I can do.

Rachelle (and others),
Do you have any photos that would qualify?
Include them in a new photo.
In my case, there is always some Kodak memorabilia ....

 

[ajmiller]

Weekend project?

 

[nerologic]

Hey, this sounds like a good one I’ll get on it.

 

[ajmiller]

Great! Thanks.

[ QUOTE="nerologic, post: 2427244, member: 87280"]Hey, this sounds like a good one I’ll get on it.[/QUOTE]

 

[ajmiller]

Only six days left in June!

 

[spark]

what better heirloom- my father's old camera
This is a Petri 2.8 "Color Corrected" rangefinder, purchased in a military exchange in Japan around 1960. He took some great slides with it in the early 1960's, many of which I still have. The camera was not stored well but was CLA'd and cleaned in 2017 and is working very well now. This shot is a cropped scan of a ProImage 100 negative, Nikon N90s and 28-105 D zoom

 

[ajmiller]

Looks like we're finished here!

 

[mooseontheloose]

I don't know where the time goes. I feel like May was last week.

 

[ajmiller]

Thanks @spark for your submission which is the winner for this month. I did PM @MattKing and he suggested I name the winner and then we have one more month and see where the MSA goes from here. Over to you @spark!

what better heirloom- my father's old camera
This is a Petri 2.8 "Color Corrected" rangefinder, purchased in a military exchange in Japan around 1960. He took some great slides with it in the early 1960's, many of which I still have. The camera was not stored well but was CLA'd and cleaned in 2017 and is working very well now. This shot is a cropped scan of a ProImage 100 negative, Nikon N90s and 28-105 D zoom

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[MattKing]

Actually, one more round. We can consider any changes, if any, during and after that.
Thanks Tony, and congratulations spark.
We look forward to learning of your choice for the next theme.
Please reach out to me by "Conversation" if you need any assistance.

 

[MattKing]

spark has chosen the next theme - "Mornings" - and the associated thread can be found here: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/msa-july-august-2021-mornings.185202/#post-2439743