Greetings to all,
I've been a member of this forum for a while and have loved my time here. Back in May of this year I closed down a small photography business I had been running for two years in London, Ontario, Canada (let's just say near Toronto.)
I started my business doing a bit of promotional work for musicians that I knew in my small city but, as expected, this did not pay very well and so I quickly turned to other event work (weddings, etc.) and a little portrait work as well. I come from a visual art background and started working with analogue equipment and techniques about eleven years ago though I did not seriously approach photography as a career path until quite recently. I gave up my business in Canada to see what China had to offer - I have long felt the need to move to a larger city as I was endlessly bored where I was. Call it general restlessness with a pinch of curiosity.
After traveling around the eastern coast of China for a couple of months I'm now setting my roots in Beijing and was wondering if there are any other Beijingers on this forum (expat or not) who would like to meet up.
I haven't any of my equipment with me (I shot medium format with a Hass 503cx and Bronica ETRSi back in Canada) and am now just wanting to get in touch with anyone who is here who might want an assistant or someone to simply chat with as they roam the city. I'm intending to stay in this country for as long as possible and have a plan to start back up into photography as soon as I can - right now I'm just in the process of securing some basic work to keep myself going and to save up some money for new equipment, etc.
Anyhow, hopefully this note will reach somebody, this city can be a lonely place for a newcomer and though I'm enjoying myself greatly I do miss taking proper (non-digi) photos.
Hope to hear from you,
I've been a member of this forum for a while and have loved my time here. Back in May of this year I closed down a small photography business I had been running for two years in London, Ontario, Canada (let's just say near Toronto.)
I started my business doing a bit of promotional work for musicians that I knew in my small city but, as expected, this did not pay very well and so I quickly turned to other event work (weddings, etc.) and a little portrait work as well. I come from a visual art background and started working with analogue equipment and techniques about eleven years ago though I did not seriously approach photography as a career path until quite recently. I gave up my business in Canada to see what China had to offer - I have long felt the need to move to a larger city as I was endlessly bored where I was. Call it general restlessness with a pinch of curiosity.
After traveling around the eastern coast of China for a couple of months I'm now setting my roots in Beijing and was wondering if there are any other Beijingers on this forum (expat or not) who would like to meet up.
I haven't any of my equipment with me (I shot medium format with a Hass 503cx and Bronica ETRSi back in Canada) and am now just wanting to get in touch with anyone who is here who might want an assistant or someone to simply chat with as they roam the city. I'm intending to stay in this country for as long as possible and have a plan to start back up into photography as soon as I can - right now I'm just in the process of securing some basic work to keep myself going and to save up some money for new equipment, etc.
Anyhow, hopefully this note will reach somebody, this city can be a lonely place for a newcomer and though I'm enjoying myself greatly I do miss taking proper (non-digi) photos.
Hope to hear from you,
