Grade 1 Class Photo Page 02 Full Scan
My class photo - 1965 grade 1 ... or 1964 kindergarten. This was during the height of the cold war in Werl West Germany. I'm the kneeling ruffian on the far left. Why I'm the only one kneeling remains a mystery to this day. The anthropologically nifty part of this is that to this day I still kneel on my left knee. So much so that I've a callas on that knee but not my right. :)
From a photo restoration perspective this was a nice and clean photo. Very little yellowing after nearly 45 years of existence. What I found cute though was the goofy depth of field the photographer set. The back two rows of kids are in focus while the front two, including me (sigh) are a bit off. My guess is that the photographer took the shot with mostly natural light and an aperture in the f/4 to f/5.6 range to get a semi decent shutter speed. Narrow depths of field seem quite common in the photos I've restored from the 20th century.
This is page 2 of my school photo. Page 1 you can find here -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vancouverdoug/3782206779/
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My brother is in this photo. He is in the middle row on the stairs, second from the right. His name is Ken Spence and he currently lives in Halifax, NS.
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