First Post!

Hi and welcome to my new blog.  I am starting this as a way of sharing my love of photography and vintage cameras with my family and the rest of the world.  Just a warning that this is my first attempt at making a blog so it it is a bit rough please forgive me, this is going to be a learning experience.  Now on to some background.
My grandfather was an avid photographer and camera collector during the golden days of photography.  In the post WWII days of the inexpensive Kodaks, vivid colors of Kodachrome and way before any thoughts of the digitization of photography that is in full swing these days.  My grandfather had eight children which gave him ample subjects to shoot but it also limited his ability to purchase the newest and greatest of camera technology.  From talking with my grandmother she told me that he was a big fan of swap meets and second hand cameras which is evident when looking through his collection.  There are no Leicas or Hasselblads but there is a really good representation of cameras used by the common working class person from the early 1900's through the 1970's.  Using this blog I hope to show a little glimpse into my grandfathers passion and through that a little of my own as well.