Then I'm shooting for 11x14!
1) I'm older (better) than 60
2) I’m better than 70
3) I'm better than 80
4) I'm better than 90!
5) Aside from "real" age, my body/mind/spirit is [X] years old
6) I’m too young to vote above. ;^(
7) There's more to it than real or metaphoric age: (Please share!)
Then I'm shooting for 11x14!
I just hit 60 this month, so as I am not over 60 yet, I am too young to vote above.
I have been poring cement for the base of piers and posts, and leveling out a room in my 'new' place. The room will be the finishing room (matting and framing) as well as a place for UV exposures for alt processes. The room is half on a slab, the other half on piers and posts. The slab has broken and is slightly slumped a couple inches. The old piers have sunken a couple inches due to a washing machine being drained onto the ground under the room for who knows how many years! Creative leveling to say the least! Got it pretty close, just ignore the new crack in the wall. I am feeling those 60 years tonight (but the hot tub helped)...or should that be 154 in ULF photographer's years?
At least I can count this as photographic work since it will be part of my studio.
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
#1 and #5 applies.
But, the bigger question is, if I was already showing grey hair when I was 17....what does that make me today ? Due to weirdness of immigration, etc. I was little older than most kids while in HS. There were couple kids that called me gramps. Sooo, in my view, whether you have silver hair or whatever, it's all about attitude.
Les
I am a lawyer. Do you want my chronological age, or my age according to my time sheets?
It applies to all sizes of film. Thus, a photographer ages faster when exposing several rolls of 35mm while another sets up his 8x10 for one shot.Originally Posted by John Kasaian
You were 60 on your birthday. Now you are over 60, but less than a full year over.
Sal "who fell into the same boat late last year" Santamaura
I hope the poll eventually reveals a "90" voter among us, who might share some hard-won wisdom.
If born in 1924 (or earlier), this person may have been shooting in the FDR years; they might also vote #5, feeling today the youthful zest of a 75 year-old.
I'd love to see a before/after landscape or portrait study, images separated by several decades.
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Still remarking the apparent 60's threshold, and the sharp drop-off by age 70.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
I'm 52 but I voted #5 since my back is feeling 102 today.
That's why 5x7" is too small to be watched comfortably with my aging eyes!...
Good news is, I am still supposed to crop my 8x10"s brutally. ;)
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