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| Louise, Rob, baby Don, 1968 |
Blog Note: This is a repost of one of my favorite blogs, from about a year and a half ago.
My very favorite photograph
in all the world, taken several years before I became a professional photographer, hangs on
the wall by my desk.
My wife is sitting in my old
easy chair, now long gone, with infant Don in her lap while eight-year-old Rob
is seated on the ottoman and leaning in, lightly embracing Don. Both are in
their PJs, ready for bed. Illumination was from a table lamp beside the chair
and another lamp across the room. The camera was a roll-film Polaroid, and the
film was their 3000-speed black & white. Since Polaroid roll film did not make
a negative that could be printed in any conventional way, Polaroid offered a service
to copy the 3¼x4¼ prints from their film, make a copy negative, and then make
prints as requested. I sent my little print to them and had them make a 5x7.
There many things wrong with
this photograph, but not the love and trust, which are palpable.
Rob and Don are now 59 and 52.
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| Byrl Thornton Jenkins on his 90th birthday, October 5, 1999 |
My second favorite photo is
this one of my Dad, taken on his 90th birthday, October 5, 1999. He posed on
the front porch of his home, holding his Bible, and with a background of fall
foliage. I used a Hasselblad CM and 150mm lens with Fuji NPH color negative
film rated at ISO 320. I love this photograph because it shows the basic
sweetness of the man.
My Dad was a man who was
always young, always looking forward to the next thing. At the age of 89 he was
operating two flea-market mall booths. On the last day we spent together, just
a month before he died, we spent the day shopping for a computer system so he
could go online and sell his antiques.
Dad passed away in February,
2000. The goal of my life is to emulate his faith, courage, and perseverance.
Photographs and text copyright 2021, David B.Jenkins
I post each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way,
which it seems to be doing a lot of lately.
Soli Gloria Deo
For the glory of God alone
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