This is my uncle. He used to and sometimes still does hair. I think I found this in one of our photo albums somewhere. I find it very interesting that there was an announcement put in the newspaper saying that he moved. He must have had a lot of followers. I suppose this post isn't so much about the photograph but more about media and how it's changed.

Does this even happen these days? Does anyone care if a hairstylist has moved? Let alone does anyone even post these things in the paper? With things like craigslist and such classifieds in newspapers are obsolete (I mean newspapers are almost obsolete as it is). I don't know if it's good or bad but none-the-less it's happening.

It is also interesting that it was totally cool to post your picture and where you work in the newspaper. But, when it's put on the internet it's a different story. Just things to think about.

As for the picture it's pretty funny. Check out that mustache!

Analyze

My mom has worked at the same place for the past 27 years or something like that. It's called North American Photo. They are a photo plant and print professional work. When there was still such a thing as film that people were using they were doing great but the digital switch over has hurt them a lot.

But, this is a picture of my mom's work. She's actually the second one from the right. I think that this was for some sort of ad in a magazine maybe. Or it might have just been a test shot or something. This was taken back when she first started working there. Something about photos of photography equipment always gets me. They are all on machines that analyze the color of the pictures. My mom's job title used to be Photo Analyzer but now she is like the master of all things digital (I don't know the official title).

What happens on these machines is they feed the negative through the machine and I think that it's projected and you can see how much cyan, magenta, and so forth need to be added. They make the note on the order so that when it goes to get printed the person knows what to dial to. So, needless to say my mom has an eye for color and contrast.

Baskte Full of Cute

This is one of the first pictures that didn't come from my own collection. I got this one from a little shop at Kerrytown Market, Ann Arbor called Found. They had some pretty decent stuff and the price was okay, I think they were a quarter a piece. It'll be interesting since I don't know much or sometimes anything about the pictures I picked up most of the time I'll be talking about the aesthetics of what drew me to the picture in the first place.

Well, besides this being a picture of cuteness in a basket, the lighting and the lines in this photo really pulled me in. Even in the darkest shadows you can still see details. I love how the diagonal line of the shadow at the top of the picture and the line of the concrete frames the basket of kittens.

The white mom in contrast with the black kittens is kind of creepy. She's almost like a ghost because of how blasted the light is on her. If you look closely it looks like there might be just one little white kitty in the pile of black.

Puppy Love

So, for real this time, I'm actually going to keep up on this thing. I got some new photos months ago that I would love to share. I was going to start off with one of those but decided that I wanted to start with one that I had some sort of background on.



I'm going to guess that this is Luke. This is the dog my parents had before I was born. The only reason that I think it is him is because of the hint of the black and white towel in the background. we actually still have that towel.

This is another one of those pictures that I just love the colors. Just the contrast between the puke green carpet and the silky black fur of the dog along with bright blue ball really make this picture. Not to mention who could resist a look like that. It looks like he wants that ball thrown soo bad.

Hay Ride

Okay, so this picture isn't that old but, that is an old Pepsi can there. One, I just thought this was kinda funny cause my grandma looks kind of hilarious. She also looks gigantic compared to me. Oh yea! That's little me sitting there in my overall's (probably osh kosh bgosh) eating a chip. I'm probably about 2 years-old here. I chose this picture because it seemed fitting for the time of year. This was taken at my Grandparents place Up North (for any one who doesn't live in Michigan Up North reffers basicly to any cottage or cabbin that someone goes to for vacation. Time to get to the place doesn't matter. It could take 20 min or 5 hours. Also, Up North doesn't nessicarily have to be going in the compass direction North). I believe we were going for a hay ride around the property, at least thats what it looks like. I feel like this was the year that they finished the pull barn and had a halloween party in it. I could be totally wrong though. I remember dancing and music and lots of food.

The Water so Clear

Hah, so this is my dad in what he thinks is about 1969, so he's about 10 years old there. The color of the water is beautiful along with the brick in the background. My dad looks pissed. He's probably freezing.

Oh sorry it's been so long. But, I'm starting up again. Hopefully a post a day.

Photo Booth

This is my mom and dad. Neither of them could remember where or when this was. But, it was obviously a photo booth. My mom thinks its when they were about 21.

We can still be friends right?

This is my aunt Rose, on my mom's side. Year wise I don't know but I do know this is her senior picture. It's kinda funny that back then senior pictures were just this. They took them in the gym at school and you got one shot maybe two. Now kids have average of 4 outfits with 3 backgrounds per outfit. I picked this picture out for a few reasons. The color was really nice for one. What also found pretty interesting was that it looks as though someone tried to burn the picture. But, one of the main reasons I liked this one is because there was actually stuff written on the back:

It's kinda funny that she was giving this to a friend that was obviously bugging her for one since she said finally on the back. But, at the same time I'm pretty sure this didn't make it to her cause for some reason my mom has it and my mom is not Paula.

Scruba-dub-dub

This is my grandma, on my mom's side, giving two of my uncles baths. I can't really tell which ones they are but I think one is my uncle Jim. Year wise I'm not really sure. But, I think this is when they lived in Detroit since it seems pretty early. My grandma had 9 kids. Just imagine giving baths to that many kids. Man she did so much.

Love Margie

I have no idea who this other than her name is Margie. I am going to guess it was a friend of my grandparents at Redford Union High School. But what I find amazing is how many of the rules for portrait photography still apply today. The way the body is positioned. The way the head is turned. Where the eyes are looks. They are all still strictly put in place to produce the perfect picture. Having worked in a photo studio for the past 3 years, I see this everyday. Now even though the positioning isn't perfect in this picture it comes pretty close. It's so cool that something so particular can remain so constant over so many years.

Oh Ya!!

If anyone has any pictures they would like me to feature just email me them with a little back story and I'll do my best to fit them in.

Mother and Baby

Having taken pictures of horses and other animals myself I know how difficult it can be to take pictures of them, let alone good ones. I cam across this picture of one of my dad's first horses. It's name was Samson, named after the owner of the barn where he stayed at, Mr. and Mrs. Samson. Samson is the baby there. My dad said he was a pretty crazy horse.

Say Cheese

Ok, so this one is probably one of my favorites. I have no idea who this girl is. It is probably one of my grandparents friends. Other than that I don't know anything about it.

Fotos Found

Ok, so I've always had a huge love for old photographs. Today I was scanning some old pictures of my grandpa for his birthday and came across some shots I thought were beautiful. I needed to Share them with everyone.

Thus, my new series of photos are all found fotos. I didn't take nor do I know who did, and they very easily could be dead now. Either way I hope you enjoy.