Lily on the Beach

I want to introduce you to a new photographer. He's new to the 'biz' but a name you are going to want to keep an eye out for. He's my seven-year-old nephew, Logan Campbell.


Logan and I have been good buddies ever since he came on the scene. He tends to be a rather curious boy who always has a million questions and Uncle Pete never seems to have enough answers. 


This summer while on vacation he took an interest in a few of the cameras I had brought along. One in particular, the Agfa Billy Record, which had belonged to his great-grandfather and my grandfather, Don Weber. I've written about this particular camera before. 

I had the camera along one day at the beach (more pictures on that some other time) when Logan asked if he could take a picture. His chose his kid sister, Lily, to be his subject. I call his piece "Lily on the Beach." 

Prints are available through this blog, and I believe I could have them autographed for no extra charge. 

My Grandfather's Camera

To say that I am excited about this post would be an understatement. I have been wanting to do this for sometime, and today I finally got my first roll of 120mm film back from the developer.

This camera belonged to my Grandfather Don Weber. It's an Agfa Billy Record, and to my knowledge this is the camera he carried with him during World War II. - He was a good photographer and took some really interesting pictures while in Europe. I'll have to scan some of the pictures he took with it and post them sometime.

Call me old school but I enjoy old cameras and trying out old formats, however, this time it was a little different. This was a really special roll for me to shoot as I discovered a connection with my Grandfather; clicking rigged dials, looking through the rudimentary view finder, estimating the focal length.  It was fun to see what it was like for him to take pictures 60 years ago.

 Footnote on location

 Gravestone 

Grain Silo  

 Looking down the rail line