My grandpa passed away 11 years ago, and so i would have only been ten. Of course, old enough for ample memories of my grandpa. Amongst trips to the park in his maroon metro and birthday parties at my grandparents house, the underlying main memory is his use of his cameras. I wouldn't have taken much notice at the time of him taking photos of me, but i know he was a keen snapper. Fast forward 11 years and now i thoroughly enjoy taking photos, not that i am particualy skilled in this field i may add, but I feel to an extent that I am now passed on with the photo-geek-gene baton! Which i am very happy about. It never struck me until the last month to actually chase up what happened to his cameras. My uncle passed on my grandpa's camera bag and it is quite the gold mine. The bag includes an expired film from '94, unused. 2 flashes, another japanese camera, some books, cable releases etc. It's all very exciting. So I have put a film through it, and here is the result. Unfortunately grainy and underexposed in some cases, i think potentially a result of not having batteries in the camera which power the light sensor LED thingy. But I am still fond of these photos :)
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