Camera <3

As this photography course and my time here at Stonehill is coming to a close, I cannot help but get just a little bit sentimental . My love has especially grown for my camera, my beautiful 1977 Pentax that belonged to my grandfather, Sidney Weinstein. Our relationship has had some speed bumps and hard times but what relationship doesn't? I soon found out that, because the camera is simply so mechanical, it freezes up when there is the slightest bit of cold, causing me to sometimes lose every other frame. It also has a manual aperture that makes it impossible most of the time to see through the lens on sunny days when I have to put it on a 22 setting. Not to mention the joy of the hand - held light meter that many have mistaken for a metal detector.
However, this course has meant so much more to me because of the ability to use this camera. I was never able to meet my grandfather and photography was his passion. I still have an entire box of amazing treasures that I am unable to use simply because I do not know what they are. I feel honored to be the first one to use his camera since his death and produce such beautiful pictures that I know he would be proud of. I'd like to think that we share our fascination with the world around us and will never be satisfied by capturing it simply through our own eyes and in the memories we will keep.