Today is National Camera Day – a day we commemorate the photograph, the camera, and their inventions. While I couldn’t find any history on the origin of the “holiday”, Nicephore Niépce is credited with creating the first successful photograph in 1826/1827 on or about this time of year. So perhaps that is why it is today. Either way, I feel I’m obligated to do something to celebrate.
Since I’ve already taken quite a few shots of my old cameras for this project, I went back through my images to find something different yet appropriate. Taken in the Third Ward in Milwaukee in 2013 and reprocessed today, this is a reflection of me in an antique storefront window full of vintage camera gear. Talk about kid in a candy store.
Happy National Camera Day!
Day 273 of my 365 photo a day project.
This image was processed in Photoshop using the latest On1 Photo 10 and Topaz Impression plugins.
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