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These three photos are all from the town I grew up in called Colpoy’s Bay. I find them all interesting because I never knew much about the town’s history. The wheel of the sawmill is down by the dock and I saw almost everything day, but I never thought much about and it turns outContinue reading “Local History”

Polaroid, created by Edwin Land, is a company as well as many cameras. The company started in 1937 and combined polarizers with every product the company could get its hands on. Polaroid’s first camera did not actually come out until late 1948, 11 years after the company was founded. Edwin Land’s three year old daughterContinue reading “History of Photography Research”

My first experience with snow when I was 10 months old in England. England does not get much snow even so I do not look to impressed with it in this photo. Little did I know in four months time I would be permanently living in Canada, a place with much more snow and colderContinue reading “Personal History”

If there was a life without photography my house would be completely bare as there are photos covering most of the walls. I would not be able to look back on my childhood memories as scrapbooks would not exist. Everything I would like to remember would have to be written down because I could notContinue reading “Life Without Photography”