SUMMARY: Recreating photos of yesteryear.
Do you love the photos that people take while trying to recreate photos from their youth? Like this site(43 people who flawlessly recreated their childhood photos)--which has ads galore and you have to click to see each next one rather than them being on the same page, but wonderful photos!
Seems to me that I've attempted these things at random times in the past, but remember only a couple of recent ones, and they're not complete attempts to match clothing and location, just positions.
Fair warning, there is melancholy in these posts, as well as fun.
(1) Even 2 years ago we knew that we wouldn't be able to get my mom up to the top of this dome. Even less likely now. Dad really wanted it to happen (he took the photo), but now he'll never see it even if we do successfully recreate the whole thing. Above Olmsted Point in Yosemite.
1962-----
2013--
We had to convince dad 2 years ago that it was not the stroll in the park that he remembered from when he was in his 30s, and that he'd have a rough time of it and mom just wouldn't be able to do it unless someone carried her. You ever think, in retrospect, that Dad wanted this photo so much that we should've found a way to get them up there? Well, I had a wonderful time the day that we found this spot and took this photo and I'll at least cherish that. I wonder--any chance that we could get all 3 of the oldest of us up there AND find someone(s) to carry mom up?
-----------------------------------
(2) When I learned that Boost would not be around much longer, I wanted to redo some of the old photos. This one, not in the same location, not with the same clothing, but the main characters are here.
2005
 |
2015
 |
2002: Tika, Jake, Remington
2015: Tika, Boost, Chip, taken as I knew that Tika couldn't be around much longer. Already having trouble sitting comfortably--but she managed it for me, briefly. All three of them were such good dogs on this day.
I've never done that, recreated a photo. Sounds fun and hard and, you are right, melancholy. Wish you could have gotten your mom up to the top of that mountain...but isn't it cool that the CRACKS in the mountain are pretty much still the same after so many years? All of these are great shots that I enjoyed.
ReplyDeleteI recommend trying it. Just pick a silly photo in which all the participants are still alive to avoid the melancholy.
Delete