{"id":1638,"date":"2009-11-29T18:14:30","date_gmt":"2009-11-29T22:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2009-11-29T18:14:30","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T22:14:30","slug":"back-in-the-day-i-used-an-a-1-and-vivitar-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"Back in the Day I Used an A-1 and Vivitar Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/audio\/17020015.jpg\" class=\"link-to-image js-link-to-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"17020015\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/audio\/17020015.jpg\" alt=\"17020015\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020022.jpg\" class=\"link-to-image js-link-to-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1641\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?attachment_id=1641\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020022.jpg?fit=398%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"398,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9Richard Louissaint&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Richard Louissaint \\u00a9 2009&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"17020022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020022.jpg?fit=398%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020022.jpg?fit=398%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1641  aligncenter\" title=\"17020022\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020022.jpg?resize=398%2C600\" alt=\"17020022\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_1640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 408px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020017.jpg\" class=\"link-to-image js-link-to-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1640\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?attachment_id=1640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020017.jpg?fit=398%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"398,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9Richard Louissaint&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Richard Louissaint \\u00a9 2009&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"17020017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020017.jpg?fit=398%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020017.jpg?fit=398%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1640\" title=\"17020017\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/17020017.jpg?resize=398%2C600\" alt=\"17020017\" width=\"398\" height=\"600\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"> Years before I began taking money to photograph people taking their vows, I took photos as a guest at my friends&#8217; wedding. Remember when you didn&#8217;t know what your photos would look like until the film was developed?<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Years before I began taking money to photograph people taking their vows, I took photos as a guest at my friends&#8217; wedding. 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