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Figarosmom

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21. I had an Olympus 35mm with assorted filters
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 06:59 PM
10 hrs ago

And lens. I liked doing double exposures and time lapses. I also loved doing flash pictures in darkness making for drama. Anyway I gave no idea where any of thise pictures ended up after my last move, in a box somewhere. The one I like best was a double exposure of my brother in law. The first shot was of him sitting in a wooden rocking chair and the second one had him behind the chair bent over like ge was whispering in his own ear. I gave that to him as a gift figuring I still had the negative and the slide. Oh well, someday I'll have to go through the boxes in the back of the closet.

Here is a landscape of Carthage College from a hill above Sheridan Rd. In oil.

Oil landscape

MUZZY SAYS (@muzzyismine.bsky.social) 2025-08-04T22:40:57.403Z


Here are a couple of self- portraits . The one done in Renaissance style is oil and the Cubist one is in acrylic.

Some self portraits

MUZZY SAYS (@muzzyismine.bsky.social) 2025-08-04T22:31:39.489Z



And this is a charcoal self -portrait and a colored watercolor pencil drawing of my daughter. The smaller pics are a charcoal of my Mom and a pen snd ink of myself and my sister when we were like 10 and 8 that I did from a photo.

Self portrait in charcoal and pencil drawing of my daughter

MUZZY SAYS (@muzzyismine.bsky.social) 2025-08-04T22:36:29.938Z

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No better mentor than you, George. I sincerely hope your grandson's love for what he's doing is successful Deuxcents Sunday #1
Thus far so good Deuxcents. He's a "rare bird" in that his passion for his craft takes George McGovern Sunday #8
What are his Olympus kits? KT2000 Sunday #2
Yes. Olympus E-M1 Mark II with Olympus 45-150mm f.2.8 Pro lens + Pen F w/17mm f/1.8 lens. George McGovern Sunday #7
Evidently, "the eye" is an inherited trait. Good shot. LoisB Sunday #3
Thank You Lois. Good traits are good for us. George McGovern Sunday #12
Good for him. Grumpy Old Guy Sunday #4
Thank You GOG! George McGovern Sunday #9
Chuckle, Chuckle, my Dad was an artist, and the finest camera he used was a Brownie Reflex. OHHHH NOOOHHHH. usonian Sunday #5
Sounds was a good photographer. And thanks for clarifying my source of insanity. George McGovern Sunday #10
LOL!!!! Grumpy Old Guy Sunday #14
I've been rescuing old photos over time. usonian Sunday #17
I do the same thing. Grumpy Old Guy Sunday #18
The first camera I ever took a picture with was a Brownie. ShazzieB Yesterday #19
My mom had one too ShazzieB. Fold-down box camera. Regrettably I never knew about it nor how to use it. George McGovern 3 hrs ago #22
Good job Grandpa Figarosmom Sunday #6
He IS. He and his mom came for dinner recently. He showed concert photos online while we were waiting on dinner. George McGovern Sunday #11
Those are good. The use of Figarosmom Sunday #16
Wow Thank You, Figarosmom, for your cogent comments. With which camera(s) have you taken pictures? George McGovern 14 hrs ago #20
I had an Olympus 35mm with assorted filters Figarosmom 10 hrs ago #21
Holy Toledo Figarosmom! Your art is amazing (plus another 5 or 10 superlatives)! George McGovern 2 hrs ago #23
WOW George, the "eye for photography" runs strong in your family! Diamond_Dog Sunday #13
Thanks DD. You sure know how to help a guy like himself. Take passion one step to "PaidPassion" and rejoice, George McGovern Sunday #15
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