JoJo's Photobox: From the archives...9-Aug-1997

Friday - April 4, 2008

From the archives...9-Aug-1997

When I converted my old Photobox web page to this here blog, I promised that I'd eventually move the old content to the blog. I have not followed up on that promise. 'Til now.

[VLA]

This was the first photo I posted to the old page. And, here's what I wrote about it at the time (Aug. 9, 1997):

I had a tough time deciding what to use as my first photo. I'm sure that problem won't go away anytime soon! But...I was flipping though the possibilities and landed on some photos I'd taken of the VLA (Very Large Array) a few years ago. And, since the movie Contact is such hot stuff right now, it seemed a good choice. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have seen the trailers and everytime I see the scene with Jodie at the VLA, I think of home. My folks' home. Magdalena, New Mexico. It's a small town about 25 miles east of the VLA. You can actually see all 27 antennae in the photo if you look closely. I remember it being tough getting an angle that allowed us to see each antenna. But, we found it and I snapped a few photos. Look at those clouds...they almost look fake, don't they?

My take now? I never did see the movie. And, the whole thing looks kind of fake to me now. The mountains and the clouds, though? Beautiful. The old photos, by the way, were all taken with a traditional 35mm SLR. No auto focus or auto exposure or anything. The good ol' days, eh? Heh heh. I dug that camera out the other day and got all nostalgic. I was tempted to shoot a roll of film just for fun. And, maybe I will sometime this summer. Take some shots with the old camera and some with the new and see which ones I end up liking better.

Posted by Joanna at 12:12 PM