well, as is bound to happen, her earthly possessions soon got dispersed among my family members.
fortunately, i had the presence of mind to request of my aunts and uncle to be able to scan all of granny's photos before they disappeared with random relatives.
anyhoo, i'm learning that my great-grandmother went through a little shutterbug phase.
some of the compositions are actually quite good.
take the photo below for example.
the leading lines of the tree on the left. joyce in the background. ronny crouching in the foreground.
i found myself staring at this one for a long time.
i mentioned it to my aunt last week and she said that she vividly remembers taking this one.
apparently, granny composed the shot and told them to run around and act silly in the framed area. she then yelled for them to freeze and snapped it off.
the most awesome thing is that there are no other shots with this set-up.
i mean, i would easily spend an hour just taking shots of this one composition.
she may no longer be with us physically, but i am still in awe of her intelligence.
that's my granny!
more pics to come as i retouch them...
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