This comment reminds me of my Bar Mitzvah photographs. For years our family (my folks, their folks) would have a professional photographer come in for special occasions and portraits, apart from the regular "seashore snaps." We have many, many professionally done photos of our family that go back 100 years or so. Most are in fine shape, having been properly processed and mounted. It's wonderful to look at these photos and remember the time when they were taken, to think about long gone relatives ...
Anyway, for some reason my mom decided not to have a single professional photograph made of my Bar Mitzvah, which, for those who don't know, is a milestone in the life of a young Jewish boy ... he becomes a man on that day. Looking back at what's left of those faded, poorly exposed and poorly posed pics provides little in the way of pleasant memories. The few photos that have survived are so poor in quality that some people (myself included) are hardly recognizable. So, Tanya, maybe this tale can be of some help to you. shel "Bill D. Casselberry" wrote: > > Though we here on PDML are quite photography-oriented, the > vast range of folks have considered photography as a low cost > commodity for quite some time now. Most no longer even have any > experience of much more than snapshots and trying to get them > to see any difference between a well executed photograph using > quality equipment and a dimestore 4x6 from a disposable P&S is > becoming an exercise in futility. > >
