Brooklyn here

[amodttech]

Hey APUG, I'm Aaron in central Brooklyn, NY. Been lurking on this site for years, but decided to start an account and actually take part in the community.

I'm a 28 year old stagehand and I've been shooting film for the entirety of my time as a photographer. I studied alternative processes and large format in college, but lately I've been shooting mostly medium format. I'm so dedicated to doing things the hard way and getting frustrated that I converted my bathroom into a permanent darkroom. but this being brooklyn, I only have enough surface area for three chemistry trays so I rarely make silver prints. Started doing my own c41 processing here at home too, a messy and unprecise project, but economically it's pretty great.


who else is around prospect lefferts?

 

[amellice]

not super close but I'm in Jersey City, have my darkroom installed in the kitchen, I also do B&W, C-41 and RA-4. maybe we can go shoot together someday

 

[fiddle]

Welcome Aaron,

Im fairly new as well, from Newark..
Just finished gathering all the bits to make a temporary darkroom in a windowless room I have. Hopefully I get to printing this weekend...

 

[Sirius Glass]

Welcome to APUG

If you want to use four trays you need to get a left handed bathroom stretcher.

 

[Bruce Osgood]

Welcome to Brooklyn based photography. I'm one of the old guys and just celebrated 45 years in our house in Carroll Gardens. Been shooting B/W 4X5 exclusively for the last couple of years and am thinking of venturing into Medium Format.

 

[amodttech]

hey guys, glad to know there are locals on here!

 

[AgX]

I studied alternative processes and large format in college.

Great. I do not even know of a photo academy here that offers such.


Welcome to Apug!

 

[Brian Puccio]

Not exactly local, a short train ride away in Long Beach. Hello!

 

[amodttech]

Great. I do not even know of a photo academy here that offers such.


Welcome to Apug!

Well..... I was lucky, one of the last groups of kids to get access (my own 24hr studio space too). after I graduated the analog dept was pretty much dismantled and the studio was sold to a brewery. now I think they pretty much just teach graphic design and silkscreening. good for kids wanting to learn a practical craft, but bad for young nerds like us.

 

[summicron1]

from aug 1 to aug 8 I'll be the guy with a Leica M4 and possibly a Rolleicord vacationing in Manhattan from Utah. We're staying in Harlem.

 

[fotch]

Hello Aaron and welcome to APUG!