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Journaling on my Balcony (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org to c/journaling@sh.itjust.works

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What’s better than to do some journaling on the balcony on a nice summer evening?

Shot with my new (to me) Canon A1.

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[–] Libb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thank you for your story! I envy you a bit for your childhood friend, that sounds like an awesome acquaintance!

He was kinda amazing, indeed. But nowadays the same amazing dude would be frowned upon (if not worse). An adult man (for some reason it seems less problematic for women) spending so much of his time with a child that is not his? Better call the police! Which is real sad (and very unflattering for us as adults) because out of the many adults I met back as a child he was one of the few that was never an asshole with me.Plus, he was so inspiring ;)

I’m just an amateur photographer who was never too interested in photography back then.

Not a pro either. I'm more of a word person, while photography has been a lifelong passion of mine (btw, I'm well into my 50s, nowadays).

If you want to get back into photography, I’ve heard all the cool kids shoot now with Nikon F3s

If I had to pick an all around film SLR, it would probably be the Nikon F100. Not the lightest but the one camera, I still regret giving away even more than my rangefinder... even though I know I most probably would never use it again.

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the times certainly changed. I can understand the urge to protect kids from dangers, but sometimes we are also holding them back by being to overprotective.

Same here. As soon as I could read I always had my nose in a book. Only competitor to those was the computer my parents got.

Never did write much, besides some journaling in my early teens, but I remember I could basically create a whole (small) school essay in my Head, before putting it in one go down on paper. Yeah… I totally lost this ability. The words are jumbling in my head and sometimes I forget what I wanted to write a few seconds ago. That got better after I picked up journaling again, tho.

The Nikon F100 sounds awesome. Those last SLRs before digital took over were beasts!

It was sure nice talking to you, looking forward to more conversations!

[–] Libb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Same here. As soon as I could read I always had my nose in a book. Only competitor to those was the computer my parents got.

I can easily relate to that.

It was sure nice talking to you, looking forward to more conversations!

Could not have said it better. Hoping this will encourage others to share some of their own experience ;)