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    I remember with my 1st wife dressing up and taking pictures, some revealing. Taking the to Costco and having them developed. When we went to pick them up the guy said we made an extra set by mistake, We said we will take them also, not wanting an extra set of my revealing pictures floating around.

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    Back when I started dressing there was the hammer and chisel.

    Really though, I just took the pictures and took them to develop just like everyone else. No one ever said a word.

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    I used to be pretty handy around the darkroom, but I reserved that for my "serious" art and documentary photographs, usually in large sizes; it was just too much work to produce a handful of 4x6 prints when you could pay somebody a modest amount to do it for you. My snapshots, including CDing shots, just went to the drugstore like everybody else's, and I never, ever, heard any comments about any of the content.

    One of the things I love most about digital photography, though, is not ever having to worry about wasting film or counting up the dollars with every click of the shutter. That allows me to shoot more, try more adventurous things that might not work out, bracket exposure and focus more often, and in general get a lot more practice using the camera. That by itself has made me a better photographer (and I was pretty serious about it even in film days).

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    I too developed my own film. I shot black and white negative film, made my own prints too, and color slide film. If I wanted prints from the slides, I took them to a local film kiosk and crossed my fingers that no one would recognize me in the photos. I also used a Polaroid camera a few times, but I didn't care for the image quality as much as 35mm film.

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    I had my wife take them before I had a camera with a timer, I used to send my film to mail order developers back east, you could find them in photo mags. Then I had them done locally, but never felt comfortable so I'm another one that took up Photography, and set up my own darkroom. Then I fell in love with digital, I'm now going on my fifth generation Digital camera now, and still looking for a better one. And being able to crop and fix the photos myself has become a major part of the digital images I love to work with. It also has worked into a pretty good hobby as a male too, I've sold enough to pay for the newest camera.
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    I had a home darkroom that I could use for B&W images. I shot some slides and had a mail order option to get them processed. Polaroids weren't an option since I didn't have a self-timer or a mirror that was big enough or properly positioned for good self photography. The thing that seems to be missing are those folks who had someone they could trust who would take the pictures of them. I wasn't out to anyone who could help me until well after digital cameras were common.
    All that being said, I didn't know enough about how to do makeup, hair or dress to really warrant much photography in those days, so the number of images available are very small. And that's a good thing.
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    Trisha: I still have a mailer here for Kodachrome. Someday it will be worth something as a collector's item. Mailers were great and easy to use IF you didn't mind waiting a few weeks to get your photos back.

    I also know the story from the OTHER side. In the mid-80s I worked in a camera store that had our own photo lab. They were fairly new things back then, so we had it set up where customers could see the prints as they came out of the machine into a pile, then the guy who ran it would look at every pic to make sure they didn't need additional color/exposure adjustments before putting them in the envelope.

    The only memory of 'spicy' pics I have is that we had an older gentleman who would come in once in a while who used to take nudes of himself and his much younger girlfriend.

    BTW: Back then it was (and probably still is?) illegal to transport 'pornographic' materials across state lines, so if a lab in a different state noticed something they thought was pornographic, they could and would refuse to print it. It was fun to explain to customers who had sent pics out the the lab we used in NY why they were not printed! (we used our own lab for 'one hour' jobs, but charged more for it, so may people still sent out to the lab for overnight).
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    I would just take the film in to a store not in my neighborhood. There was also "Seattle Film Works", where you could mail your film in, and they would send back your pics with a free roll of film. So expensive,though, film and developing, and maybe getting one or two "good" ones out of 24!! Thank goodness for digital, and the "delete" button!!
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    I never even thought or taking photos. And I spent a lot more time dressing back then vs taking photos of my dressing now. Lol. Ahhhh the good old days...
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    Quote Originally Posted by aprilgirl View Post

    I give you exhibit A, circa 1988.
    Love that outfit April, looks like something i'd wear. To the OP i didn't take pictures of myself until digital cameras arrived. I usually looked at a full length mirror to see how i looked.

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    Yes, I remember the mail order printing services, and Polaroid - OUCH! In some areas Polaroids cost up to about $1.40/shot - experimenting meant taking measurements and notes so that you would KNOW how to get a good shot, and heaven forbid you blow it... 35mm was enjoyable - I really learned my photography with Kodak slide film. Eventually I built a B&W darkroom and then I really got going. Then, my own colour slide processing. However - it never became truly inexpensive, just less expensive than having the processing and/or printing done by someone else.

    A few years ago someone gave me a used digital camera - I haven't looked back since. I gave my darkroom away along with all the chemicals, papers, and other equipment. While it is true that buying the cheaper digital cameras gives you less - remember that a good film camera was also not cheap. And now - low priced digital cams are doing great things. My photography skills have only improved with the purchase of a couple of moderately priced cameras - because I can AFFORD to play with composition and light.

    Now, I occasionally do photograph myself while dressed - before - never.

    Good cameras are not cheap - and they rarely ever were. Debates on the durability of the digital medium aside, I say digital cameras are a blessing. The quality is now very good, and continuing to get better. The RAW image format stores an enormous amount of data. Keep in mind you will need something like Photoshop to really benefit from this, but the bottom line is this: there are many people who like to take pictures, but it is photographers that reliably take the best photographs.

    If you really like photography then consider quality an investment - as it always has been. I'm looking forward to spending about $3K on a good camera and lenses - hopefully late in the year. But I love photography and that is my choice.

    Celluloid and paper are growing ever more expensive - but will probably always be around if you know where to look. And now - the pollution associated with it needs to be addressed.

    It was difficult to realize that my beautiful cameras and lenses are now paperweights, but I did get over it. Digital - go for it!

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