Today’s Post by Joe Farace
Observed on March 2nd, National Old Stuff Day gives notice to all that old stuff and encourages you to try something new too. Well, maybe not all the old stuff, but maybe just some of it. It’s a day to break out of the old routines and experience some new ones.
We have all heard the saying, “same old, same old.” Well, this is the day to do things differently. There is no limit to how you can change your day. Take a moment to notice the kind of things that you do each day. Is there a better or maybe more efficient way to do them? Examine the route you take to work..or not. (Like many Americans these days, I just walk downstairs from my bedroom to my home office.)
Maybe it’s just a way to brighten your day or someone else’s, which is a good idea not matter what day it is.
Approach the day with a new attitude. Strive to make the day new, not the same old day that was yesterday. Consider alternatives to some of the choices that you make each day. Is there a better or equal alternative? Try making a new choice when you can.
HOW TO OBSERVE #NationalOldStuffDay
- Discover how to use an old item in a new way
- Take the time look at things from a new perspective
- Throw out all you know about something and relearn it anew
- Take something old and freshen it up – clean it, paint it and fix it
How I Made this Photo with an Old Lens Too: I shot this image in Georgetown Colorado back when I was a co-owner of an art gallery there, which is, next to playing roulette, the fastest way that I know of losing money. The camera used was a Nikon FM2 probably with a Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5, which has been called by some Internet pundits as one of Nikon’s worst lenses. Back in the day when I was a Nikon film camera shooter, I loved the Nikkor 43-86mm; it was my go-to lens.
For my take on another lens, this one for the Micro Four-thirds system, that was also called a “worst ever lens,” please read the post on my car photography blog, Shooting with the Worst Mirrorless Lens? Maybe I have an affinity for “worst” or unloved lenses or maybe I tend to make my own mind about a lens’s worth instead of listening to someone pontificate on the Internet (and that includes me.)
The film used was Kodak Ektachrome 100 and the exposure was unrecorded. Scan of the film were from Kodak’s defunct Photo CD process and were opened using Lemke Software’s Graphic Converter that produced relatively good quality files from a Photo CD disc but the software is not without its quirks. The digital image file was processed in Analog Efex using the Classic Camera filter and further tweaked in Color Efex using the Bleach Bypass and Detail Extractor filter.
If you would like to send me a roll of film to review or any other stuff that could be used for these posts and my videos you can mail it to:Joe Farace, PO BOX 2081, PARKER, CO 80134