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Todd.Hanz

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So,
(Roger H. hates that you know 😉)

So,
My oldest invited his friends over for a tie-dye lesson, pretty cool time. I learned a few things and got to hang out with him and his friends, shoot a few frames, act a bit younger for a while. Since they were going "retro" I decided to drag out a "retro-camera", my Rolleiflex 2.8E loaded with some Tri-X. These are souped in Edwal FG-7, kinda retro kewl.

Applying the Dye...
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Todd
 
what happens when you don't wear the gloves in the pkg...

tie-dye hands
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Todd
 
Todd,

It looks like a good time had by all...
My daughter did that a few years ago...I've never had a tie-dyed shirt...

I really like that last shot ^^^
 
Dave Wilkinson said:
Can someone explain - for other nations?...is dyeing ties, or shirts, some new ceremony or pastime? 😕
Dave.
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So...

It's a curious American ritual, rather like beginning otherwise meaningful sentences with 'so'.

Actually it's been done in many countries for many years. You tie a sort of knot in the fabric and dip it in dye. The dye penetrates according to the tightness and size of the knot(s) and the duration of immersion. It was especially popular in the 1960s for its ability to give 'psychedelic' (whirly) patterns.

Colour is usually important (I've shot it in B+W too).

Cheers,

R.
 
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Roger Hicks said:
So...

It's a curious American ritual, rather like beginning otherwise meaningful sentences with 'so'.

Actually it's been done in many countries for many years. You tie a sort of knot in the fabric and dip it in dye. The dye penetrates according to the tightness and size of the knot(s) and the duration of immersion. It was especially popular in the 1960s for its ability to give 'psychedelic' (whirly) patterns.

Colour is usually important (I've shot it in B+W too).

Cheers,

R.
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thanks Roger!....I must be getting naive in old age!, my wife says she has participated - long ago, but it has'nt spread into the 'wilds' of Yorkshire yet.....thank god!🙂
Dave.
 
Roger Hicks said:
So...

It's a curious American ritual, rather like beginning otherwise meaningful sentences with 'so'.
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I knew you'd get it 😉

Yes, these guys just twist the shirts and secured them with rubber bands. Instead of immersing them they applied the dye directly to the shirt.

I shot them in BW but had to shoot some color (digital) for my wife...
 

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Todd.Hanz said:
I shot them in BW but had to shoot some color (digital) for my wife...
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Hate to say it but I like the colour better. Then again, as I say, I shot it in both colour and B+W too. A decade or two on from the last time, the colour ones look better to me, though I have to turn the colours up (in Adobe Photoshop) and cut the blue; I used ER/EPR. Aaargh!

As for the colours... well... yeah... the ageing hippie in me says... well, y'know, man... I mean... like... well... yeah!

But as others have said, it looks like a good time was had by all. And they are nice pictures but those screaming colours/colors say it for me...

Cheers,

R.
 
thanks for the all the kind words, I like the colored versions as well but my blood runs Black (and White) 😉

Todd
 
Todd.Hanz said:
I knew you'd get it 😉

Yes, these guys just twist the shirts and secured them with rubber bands. Instead of immersing them they applied the dye directly to the shirt.

I shot them in BW but had to shoot some color (digital) for my wife...
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This goes a long way to explain Jackson Bollock!!!!!!
sorry Pollock!!
Thank you 😉
 
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Why Only T-Shirts?

Why Only T-Shirts?

So! This brings back memories of the sixties fer sure! I think that on my next shopping trip I'm going to look for a solid colored necktie or two. I have a number of white button down collar oxford cloth dress shirts that are much too good to throw out but don't exactly look new anymore.

So! I think that the proper aging hippie look should consist of a conservative suit, solid colored tie, and a tie dyed dress shirt. 😎
 
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or a solid colored shirt and tie-dye-tie... did I say that right 😉

Todd
 
Al Kaplan said:
So! I think that the proper aging hippie look should consist of a conservative suit, solid colored tie, and a tie dyed dress shirt. 😎
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Quite possibly so in Florida (where I'd have thought a suit was too warm anyway), but it's quite culturally specific. I can't recall the last time I saw anyone wearing a suit in most of France, except perhaps national politicians or in Paris. Mayors? Regional Inspectors of Taxes? Doctors? No... And the same is true for much of the rest of Europe. Even in the UK suits are a lot less common than they used to be. I gave my last suit away in 1987.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure 'dress shirt' has different meanings in English and American. I always understood 'dress shirt' to be what you wear with evening dress (black tie/white tie, or dinner jacket, 'tuxedo', I think, in American). What you wear with a suit is just a shirt. As I've not worn a dinner jacket in almost 40 years, or a suit in over 20, I've not been paying attention...

Cheers,

R.
 
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Roger Hicks said:
Quite possibly so in Florida (where I'd have thought a suit was too warm anyway), but it's quite culturally specific. I can't recall the last time I saw anyone wearing a suit in most of France, except perhaps national politicians or in Paris. Mayors? Regional Inspectors of Taxes? Doctors? No... And the same is true for much of the rest of Europe. Even in the UK suits are a lot less common than they used to be. I gave my last suit away in 1987.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure 'dress shirt' has different meanings in English and American. I always understood 'dress shirt' to be what you wear with evening dress (black tie/white tie, or dinner jacket, 'tuxedo', I think, in American). What you wear with a suit is just a shirt. As I've not worn a dinner jacket in almost 40 years, or a suit in over 20, I've not been paying attention...

Cheers,

R.
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Plenty of suits around these parts.I`ll put one on at the drop of a hat ! As for shirts ,Bill Deades always said that they should be tight around the neck. He always maintained that it should take you 10 minutes to access whether a gentleman is well dressed. Anything less and he`s a cad. Sorry time for my medication.
 
The shirt I have for my tuxedo is a "formal shirt". Overall you do see less suits being worn, but rather than just going to sport shirt, no tie, and chinos it usually means slacks, blazer or sport jacket (or whatever they're called in British) and long sleeved shirt but a subtle stripe or pastel color is OK. A tie is still a giood idea but Jerry Garcia's creations can be substiituted for a rep stripe. My rule of thumb has been to always dress on the same level as the top executives at the client's company, or the governor rather than his staff. You get treated differently than if you show up dressed like a typical photojournalist. And ALWAYS a couple of beat up Leicas rather than DSLR's wirh big white zooms.

And yes, the collar should be tight against the neck, and there are several ways of knotting it, depending on collar style, tie width, and current fashion.

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