Model A Era Fashion meets Model A's

[dean from bozeman]

The World War ll family at Hershey reminds me of an idea that I have had for years. This idea could be used at the MARC and MAFCA national meets (or any meet):

1. The fashion committee could get together with the fine point people at local Model A era venues to take Model A period photos.

2. A fee could be charged and used to fund the MAFFI museum or a charity of choice.

3. The folks in period costume would be dynamic so no two photos would have exactly the same "background".

4. In some photos the Model A(s) would be the focus and in others it would be the folks in period dress.

5. Using fine point vehicles would assure that the photos were period accurate, though others could also be part of the process.

6. A book and/or calendar could produced from these photos. Proceeds could help MAFFI or fund other Model A events.

Just some thoughts.
Dean

[dean from bozeman]

Period venues could include:

1. Period houses and buildings

2. Scenery

3. Actions -fixing a flat tire
- picnicking
- Model A travel

4. Other (you fill in the blank).

[HoarseWhisperer]

Love the idea.

[Deluxe Delivery Don]

Dean , This is a Great idea . It has many possibilities .

[SeaSlugs]

i am always scoping out older farms for one day to drive my AA truck to and ask permission to get pictures in front of thier barns. Anyone got anymore pics like posted above?

[31 Model A]

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Originally Posted by SeaSlugs

i am always scoping out older farms for one day to drive my AA truck to and ask permission to get pictures in front of thier barns. Anyone got anymore pics like posted above?

Drive your AA down my way and I'll take you to all the barns you want.

[FrankWest]

Ever notice that today most people dress like they are on vacation in the Bahamas.
Very sloppy looking..nothing like the 30s where people had real class.

[bobpo1]

Originally Posted by FrankWest

Ever notice that today most people dress like they are on vacation in the Bahamas.
Very sloppy looking..nothing like the 30s where people had real class.

Amen to that...!!

[Steve Plucker]

Originally Posted by Deluxe Delivery Don

Dean , This is a Great idea . It has many possibilities .

Great photo Mr. Diers!

Pluck

[Steve Plucker]

I to think Dean has a great idea...I see so many ORIGINAL photos of the time that I would like to recreate some. Some shots are out here in the Pacific Northwest such as the photo at the big rutunda overlook on the Columbia River and at Multnomia Falls.

Pluck

[Bruce Adams]

What kind of photos are best?

[talwrench]

Just took these on Sunday at a two locations in our area. Our pickup and coupe, and another gentleman with his Roadster.

[Ian in Mississauga]

At the marc convention in Niagara Falls, an enthusiastic group from Canada's Capital As wore era clothing as their everyday wear, a very nice touch. I hope MARC encourages this.

[Tiny]

Great photos everyone!! Try using a film camera or editing them to mimic the look of film it will help to "sell the idea. Those are great photos but very digital looking. Hers one you guys have seen before.
This was taken with an Iphone:

Taken with 35mm in the 70's by my dad of his Vicky:

A photo of Joop's coupe I edited for him, it was digital:

[Joop]

I love that picture, thanks for posting it.

Joop

[Tiny]

Its one of my favorite ones I've done

[Bob Johnson]

Dean,

Recognize this one?

Bob

[pooch]

The tyre tracks are missing on the dirt and way too much reflection on the superimposed A.

[Ted Duke]

Levitated Model A?

[2935ford]

Well, I'm not so sure all the folks back then were able to afford the latest fashion.
Anyone remember the depression and the dust bowl?

The one thing that is very noticeable in the old "back in the day" photos.......the cars weren't always shiny and new looking. They had hard, dirty miles on them with dings, scuffs and dents from use.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by talwrench

Just took these on Sunday at a two locations in our area. Our pickup and coupe, and another gentleman with his Roadster.

Ur them ICE CREAM places?---Buster T.

[31 Model A]

I like this idea.....if you want to take more authentic photos, find one of these:
http://licm.org.uk/livingImage/1930Room.html you can find them rather cheap, film will be more hard to find and....color film was in wide use during the 30s. Stay with the Kodachrome. The Sepia style, that can be created from Photoshop today from digital photos, were more the old tintype photos taken in the 1800s/very early 1900.

The Voigtlander is a good choice to find and the Leica, although late 30s, it will still produce the proper photos for the time period.

[Tiny]

Originally Posted by 31 Model A

The Voigtlander is a good choice to find and the Leica, although late 30s, it will still produce the proper photos for the time period.

I wish I could afford a Leica. Most people will get sticker shock when they look up that name.
Film isn't to bad and really isn't as hard to find as you can imagine, its the processing that is expensive. It can be made cheaper by doing your own processing though, which is what I do.
Brownie box cameras can still be had cheap also a lot of tlr cameras can be had cheap. If the camera originally took 620 film you can reroll 120 film onto the spools and use them. This is the case for all the Brownies as 620 was a Kodak version of 120.
Another option is converting or "hacking" these old cameras to take 35mm which is MUCH cheaper to work with. I have one old Tlr camera that I have converted to 35mm, it takes vertical panoramas now.
As far as pics from the 30's not having the sepia tone, some do some don't. I have a series of 7 shots that hang in my hallway that were taken by my grandfather at Oakland Speedway in the 30's sometime and they have the sepia tone to them. Some of the others I have from this era don't.
And of course there is always digital conversions. I use a program called Snapseed mostly for this. Don't just use the program to convert it to B&W or sepia, it just looks like a digital B&W then. You need to add a little grain, play with the contrast and focus etc......
Here are some real film shots I've done all 120 through my 6x7 120 medium format camera.
Hobo on a bench:

Young lady:

My grandfather and friends in sepia from the 30's:

[dean from bozeman]

Bob Johnson, thank you so much for posting that photo. I thought that A495 was in the MAFFI museum and now I see that those two thugs have it. Your photo provides me with an idea of who I am going to be dealing with. I appreciate it. ;-)

[31 Model A]

Originally Posted by Tiny

Film isn't to bad and really isn't as hard to find as you can imagine, its the processing that is expensive. It can be made cheaper by doing your own processing though, which is what I do.

You available to develop the film if someone else would have the camera?

I've seen Leica's for a couple of $100.00 a few years ago in places that really didn't know their value. Wish I had picked one up. Hindsight is 100% vision improvement over the blindness you once had.

[Tiny]

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Originally Posted by 31 Model A

You available to develop the film if someone else would have the camera?

I've seen Leica's for a couple of $100.00 a few years ago in places that really didn't know their value. Wish I had picked one up. Hindsight is 100% vision improvement over the blindness you once had.

Developing film is easy and cheap. do a youtube tutorial and practice with a roll that you don't mind screwing up. I don't do others film, to much risk if it goes south, which does happen. Really all you need is a film tank and some chemicals. No fancy darkroom needed to process film.
Leica for a couple bills. That would have been a deal!! I have a 1936 Ziess Ikon That I use every now and then. I makes some neat images.

[Don S.]

We just did the same thing. A vintage steam locomotive was scheduled to be passing thru our area. We grabbed the A and waited for it. My wife just stood across the street with my phone and took this pic. The train was actually doing about 40 mph when it went by.