Kodak Kodacolor

A multiple exposure photo showing some opening frames from my favorite show, "Hawaii Five-O." The episode was called "The Bark And The Bite" and was broadcast first-run on February 8th, 1979. I would do multiple exposures like this because, one, it saved film by getting 9 pictures on one negative, and two, it was almost like those viewmaster reels that could show a movie in as little as seven frames. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor Shooting Program: Manual Date: February 8th, 1979 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta KSF 5035 Feb 1979 07jf

This is the very first picture I took that turned out usable. It was actually the fourth frame on the first roll of film I ever shot. And I was already trying advanced techniques by panning with the vehicle to blur the background. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: June 1976 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF KSF5035 04mf

This was my Grandparent Harrelson's 50th wedding anniversary party. They ended up being married for 68 years, until the death of my Grandfather Herman Harrelson. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor II 100 ASA Date: 1982 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta KSF 5075 1982 Anniversay 10ff

A stuffed animal exhibit located in the museum beneath the Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, Missouri. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA Date: April 1985 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Minolta St. Louis 1985 Kodacolor VR 100 18ef

This poodle belonged to somebody I don't know. It was one of the 7 frames already exposed on a roll of film that was still inside a camera I found at a used furniture store. I finished taking the last 5 frames and both the old ones and the ones I took turned out, albeit with slight color-shift. I love found film! Notice the crutches at the left of the picture. Camera: Kodak Tele-Ektralite 600 (made from 1980 - 1982) Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 110 film (dating from 1982) Date: 1982 (?) Location: ? Kodak 1980-12 06df

Taken while on a train trip through Ontario, Canada, in 1980.

Taken while on a trip through Ontario, Canada

One of the biggest cuckoo clocks I've ever seen! Taken in Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada, in 1980.

Taken while on a train trip through Ontario, Canada in 1980.

A late-1970's Pontiac station wagon, that belonged to a friend of my Mom's.

A girl I went to school with, who was a year behind me in class. She wanted some portraits and so I shot some. This would have been around 1978, and shot with my Minolta XD11.

Taken sometime in the Spring of 1978, most likely. I shot all the contestants and their mother's bought 8x10's from me. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: Spring 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica KSF5035 05ef

This is my late Father winding an electric motor back in 1978 or so. He raised a family doing that his whole life.

This was my second trumpet, one I got while still in high school. It was silver instead of the usual brass and I'm almost certain it was made by Bundy. I ended up trading it in for an electric guitar four years after I graduated, a move I've regretted since. I missed having a trumpet so much that I picked up another one about 20 years ago. If you look closely, you can see that it has a clear, plastic mouthpiece. You don't see those every day! Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: July 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica KSF 5035 July 1978 12ff

A picture of a double exposed photo of my sister - plus this exposure - hence th title. I used the rolltop desk's surface to rest my camera on because the angle I wanted didn't allow for a tripod. The point of focus is at the top edge of the picture, so I must have been shooting with the lens wide open. Resting it on the desktop gave it a little more stability than a handheld shot would have. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: circa 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF 5035 23df

This is the marquee for the original release of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. At first, I couldn't be sure if it was taken in 1977, or if it was for the re-release of 1980. But, when I saw another shot in this sequence and the marquee next to this one had "The Goodbye Girl" showing, I knew they both came out in 1977, so that confirmed it for me. I also remember that before this movie started, there was a short feature about Lynyrd Skynyrd. They had just lost some members of the group in a plane crash that year. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1977 Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A. CE3K 1977 1bf

Movie marquees from 1977 - both featuring a movie starring Richard Dreyfuss. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1977 Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A. CE3K 4df

To say that I was eagerly awaiting the release of Close Encounters Of The Third Kind back in 1977 would be an understatement. I had read up on it, seen magazine articles and promos and when it came to a local theater on it's release, I went prepared. As I recall, it was a scene from the movie very close to this one that was used in the newspaper ads for the film and I wanted to recreate it for my own collection. Back then, nobody cared if you had a camera with you and since the one I used didn't have a flash, they must have assumed I couldn't take any pictures in a darkened theater. But, the screen itself provided all the light I needed for the shot. I used my trusty Kodak 35 RF rangefinder camera and was able to achieve my objective. Camera: Kodak 35 RF rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: 1977 Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A.