This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Weight(less) from Ben has given me the perfect excuse to open up the archives once again and revisit a never-to-be-forgotten afternoon nearly fifty years ago shooting rehearsals at Covent Garden in London. You may remember my other archival visit in response to the Photo Challenge: Broken last May, which I cheekily entitled “Peeping Beauty”. As I wrote then, my negatives are as pristine today in their protective sleeves as they were all those years ago.
Although I love the convenience of modern day digital photography, I have to confess there is something magical about 35 mm film as I think back and remember waiting anxiously for those images to slowly appear in the dim orange light of the photographic dark room.
I hope you’ll agree the image I have chosen has “the air of weightlessness” about it that Ben has asked us for.
thechangingpalette 
the film strip looks really nice!
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Magical image this. And the process in the darkroom must feel quite magical too …. when the result is like this it is good magic!
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Thanks Osyth. I have a great Epsom copier that takes my 35 mm film so those closeted dark room days are long gone, but remembered fondly 🙂
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Beautiful image, agreed totally!
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This is really cool Andrew. What an experience and how fantastic to pull up such an old photograph.
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Thanks Nicole. I have so many negatives that I need to do this more often.
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🙂 This is such a beautiful picture and yes, I fully agree.
I, too, have chosen ballet pictures http://wp.me/p5WtEB-348 for this week’s entry.
Have a very HAPPY Sunday 🙂
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