Back to my roots - good morning from Toronto!

[Sepia Hawk]

Hello,
I've been lurking about for a while and then I decided to sign up as a member. This is a wonderful community and I am hoping to learn and discover many things here.

I've done my share of B&W photography in my undergrad years. I had my own darkroom in my parents' home. Then I moved and abandoned photography for a while. Then the usual story - digital etc.

I've been thinking about getting back to my photographic roots for quite some time now. At work I am in front of a computer for most of my day, so I cannot stand staring at a screen any longer in my free time. Also, I a somewhat concerned that my baby daughter and my family won't have any "real" photographs in ten, twenty or thirty years, as I do not quite believe in the assumed longevity of digital format. Besides, digital photographs are simply different.

I am interested in mastering not only the "classic" approach, but also some of the alternative techniques, especially large format plates etc. I think I will limit myself to black and white.

So here I am, eager to learn and start again...

 

[Jeff Kubach]

Hello and a warm welcome to APUG!

Jeff

 

[BMbikerider]

Welcome back. I follow your thought on digital not lasting so have gone back to using film and smelly chemicals - great!

There is simply a lack of skill needed in Digital, the electronics do most of it for you with a bit of help from Photoshop. I look on it much the same as a craftsman making a piece of furniture from a few bits of raw wood and comparing that to buying a flat pack kit of a similar item and simply screwing it together. I know which would probably last longer too.

 

[mooseontheloose]

Welcome to APUG from a former Torontonian!

 

[Mike Wilde]

Nice to hear you have joined. PM me if you have a need for gear.

I have too much darkroom stuff, and it would be nice to see some of it in use before I cart it to the spring big one camera show in May.

You take a kit of gear enough to get you developing and printing.

Show me what you have dones in a month (or two, since kids are now a part of your mix).

If I can see you have been getting use of the gear it is yours to keep.

 

[Chazzy]

Welcome to APUG.

 

[naeroscatu]

Welcome to APUG from Newmarket, ON I hope you will be able to join one of our APUG meet-ups this summer - see
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)