Faulty - That's OK
In these days of digital technology, photographers can take scores of pictures at one time to ensure they obtain their masterpiece.
It was a different situation in the days of film cameras.
Pictures were taken and fingers were crossed in the hope the picture would turn out well. Sometimes it was a week or more before the negatives and their prints were returned to the expectant photographer.
There was often disappointment with the quality of the picture or an unexpected fault due to light entering the camera as the film roll was removed.
But, so valuable was each print due to it being the only record of an event or location that, faulty or not, it went into the album with the rest of the pictures.
Some examples are shown here.
It was a different situation in the days of film cameras.
Pictures were taken and fingers were crossed in the hope the picture would turn out well. Sometimes it was a week or more before the negatives and their prints were returned to the expectant photographer.
There was often disappointment with the quality of the picture or an unexpected fault due to light entering the camera as the film roll was removed.
But, so valuable was each print due to it being the only record of an event or location that, faulty or not, it went into the album with the rest of the pictures.
Some examples are shown here.