This is Tom Dills's TypePad Profile.
Join TypePad and start following Tom Dills's activity
Tom Dills
Recent Activity
For once-in-a-while use you could probably get a nice crop from that file, and since you are likely not going to be making a big print from it you would be ok. Otherwise, you could always just buy the shot from the guy standing on the stage. :)
Commented Jun 12, 2012 on Closing the Barn Door at The Online Photographer
Closing the Barn Door
It's no use closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. —Old saying Do you do this? On Saturday, I went to my son's girlfriend's graduation, and for the second time in two years needed a telephoto lens. I should explain that I almost never need a telephoto lens. They don't suit the subject...
I've got a C3 that belonged to my grandfather, and if I recall correctly it took pretty good pictures. Mine is evidently an older model which lacks the "Flash Finder" and that meter thingie on top.
My own first 35mm camera was a Konica TC, which I still have as well. I remember taking it apart and putting it back together - my Mom was horrified but it was my camera I bought with my money, and it worked just fine when I put it back together. Those old cameras were elegant in their simplicity, which made up for their looks.
Commented Aug 31, 2009 on The "Use Me" Appeal of Cameras at The Online Photographer
The "Use Me" Appeal of Cameras
The "Ugly Cameras" discussion reminded me of something from way back in the hazy reaches of early memory. My first camera when I was young was a Kodak Instamatic 104, which I still have. I used it on my 7th grade trip to Washington, D.C., and I recall using profligate amounts of film at the Get...
Hi Mike -
I just ordered 4 books from Amazon through your link. Looking forward to ordering yours.
Commented Aug 30, 2009 on Open Mike: Snow Leopard Reminder, Blog Notes, Mike Notes at The Online Photographer
Open Mike: Snow Leopard Reminder, Blog Notes, Mike Notes
I was hurt to the quick of my Scots soul the other day (I blame my "cheap gene" on my Scottish heritage—this is naught but base bigotry, so, sorry, all you Scottish people), when several readers revealed they had bought extremely expensive cameras recently but forgot to use my links, even though...
"No pressure there, eh? What would you shoot with the final 3 frames of Kodachrome?"
I think I'd shoot a portrait of Paul Simon, holding the empty box....
Commented Jun 23, 2009 on Kodachrome Ends 74-Year Run at The Online Photographer
Kodachrome Ends 74-Year Run
By Ernst Haas Eastman Kodak announced this morning that it will cease the manufacture of Kodachrome this year. Celebrated in song (literally!) and story, Kodachrome is the oldest film in production and the longest-lived film product in the entire history of photography. Developed by Leopold God...
Subscribe to Tom Dills’s Recent Activity
