Grandpa’s eyes pierced right into my soul. Little Gertrude’s head has been perched on top of a doll’s body. And Grandma died last summer and is propped up on Grandpa, thus his frightful stare.
I worked in a photo processing store in the 80's and had a client who was definitely at least 80 years old. He had been a group photographer in Russia when younger and said the exposure times were so long, it was almost impossible to get good open eye results for all the people sitting in the photo. He was shooting 4x5 and 8x10 in negatives. He said he would get the whole group to close their eyes for the photo. Then after processing, he would etch each of the eyes individually with a sharp instrument. He bragged that it was just as good as if was the real eye image. I had seen lots of old B&W group photos and thought 'Wierd, everyone's eyes look the same...' usually it looked a bit creepy.
ReadySetGO0 on June 22nd, 2024 at 06:41 UTC »
Grandpa’s eyes pierced right into my soul. Little Gertrude’s head has been perched on top of a doll’s body. And Grandma died last summer and is propped up on Grandpa, thus his frightful stare.
bobogeek on June 22nd, 2024 at 11:15 UTC »
I worked in a photo processing store in the 80's and had a client who was definitely at least 80 years old. He had been a group photographer in Russia when younger and said the exposure times were so long, it was almost impossible to get good open eye results for all the people sitting in the photo. He was shooting 4x5 and 8x10 in negatives. He said he would get the whole group to close their eyes for the photo. Then after processing, he would etch each of the eyes individually with a sharp instrument. He bragged that it was just as good as if was the real eye image. I had seen lots of old B&W group photos and thought 'Wierd, everyone's eyes look the same...' usually it looked a bit creepy.
houseSpark on June 22nd, 2024 at 11:35 UTC »
Feeling cute today, will attack the Nights Watch tomorrow.