01553 College Football - 1968 - a photo on Flickriver

01553 College Football - 1968

            The last of my "people" set is really a sports action shot. That's my brother, David, with the ball, in his first game at the university level, running for Macdonald College (Montreal) against Carelton University, in Ottawa. My notes tell me he picked up seven yards on this play; the photo suggests it was partly thanks to a crushing block from 52. 

I was 19 that year, going into my third year of English, pursuing a degree that was expected of me, but which didn't interest me the way photography did. The reading and analysis was fine, and I had a couple of excellent teachers, but I was never interested in an academic career. Hooked on photography, I shot most of David's games that season. The camera was a Pentax Spotmatic, with a 200mm lens. No motor drive. One click, then wind to the next frame. Manual focus. Manual exposure. Shooting slide film in the old days was good training; you had to get it right.

This ends the current blast from the past; tomorrow, the start of a new image series. There have been some wonderful sights here on the prairie while I was immersed in the past. This likely won't be the last time I dive into the deep archives; we all come from somewhere, and the creative urge has always led me to document everything, so there may be more good material tucked away in old slide binders and negative files.

Photographed at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada); scanned from the original Ektachrome-X slide (ISO 64). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©1968 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken on: September 1, 1968

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Sets appears in: • Best 1964-1969 • Sports & Recreation

Groups appears in: • Living Life Through A Lens • Scanned slides, negatives or prints world wide more » • ***Are You Experienced°°°Film Only*** « less

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