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Kids are all right

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Looks like the 80s thing works for teens born in the 90s. I found this group walking across the park in New Westminster and I had to take their picture. Styling. To find out more about how this picture was made, visit my flickr post . ------------------ August 14, 2009: the picture is a minor hit, at least for me, with 412 views | 7 comments | 7 favorites It's all about the Converses! When you shoot with a test roll for a new (old) camera, you're caught between a hard choice. Load cheap, grainy film, like Kodak Gold 200 and end up with pictures you really love on bad film. Or, blow an entire roll of expensive film on a camera with light leaks, faulty shutters and other faults. On this day, I was testing a pawn-shop Konica Autoreflex T3 with its Hexar 28mm. The mirror had a v-shape crack. A metal plate flange which helped seal light between the pentaprism and the mirror in the up position was bent and prevented the mirror from swinging all the way. I imagine someone attemp...