De-lurking the Midwest

[light leak]

Hello! My name is Jonathan and I live in Morris, IL. I am a programmer by day (some of my peers might argue that I'm an APUGger by day ) and a photographer whenever time allows. I shoot whatever catches my eye but, more times than not, I find myself in the woods gazing at the trees. For this I choose my Rolleiflex. Anything faster than a tree gets the EOS 1V. All of it gets printed on my Beseler 67.
For me, learning photography has been (and continues to be) a completely visual and subjective journey. I'm not into densitometers, sensitometers, paperometers, or filmographs. The experts here seem to have that covered. And so I lurk........

 

[Derek Lofgreen]

Hey, lurk on. I haven't learned as much about photography as I have here. Some times it makes my head spinn. Welcome.

D.

 

[df cardwell]

Trees are good. VERY good. And with a Rollei, even better.

Shooting only trees with a Rollei is like only playing Mozart on a piano.

Let's see some pictures !

d

 

[bill schwab]

Welcome from another Mid-Westerner Jonathan...

What Don said...

Bill

 

[Konical]

Good Afternoon, Jonathan,

Welcome from southwestern Illinois.

Konical

 

[Claire Senft]

Mozart on the piano is alright with me.

 

[CLAPhoto]

Welcome from about 60 miles east of you.

 

[b1ltr1te]

Welcome from central Illinois. The trees around here taunt me

 

[KEK]

Hello from Algonquin ,IL.

Not only am I a tree hugger but I like dirt and rocks as well

Kevin

 

[Dave Wooten]

Welcome from central Illinois. The trees around here taunt me

Hey I know where Clinton is! I grew up in Decatur....

Dave in Vegas

 

[Q17]

Welcome from Minneapolis...

We need a conference!

 

[BWGirl]

Welcome to APUG!!! From your neighbor to the north!

 

[roteague]

Welcome Jonathan from Hawaii. Glad to have you online and glad you decided to introduce yourself.

 

[ricksplace]

Trees are good. VERY good. And with a Rollei, even better.

Shooting only trees with a Rollei is like only playing Mozart on a piano.

d

Welcome from Northern Ontario, Canada.

df cardwell -"only playing mozart on a Baldwin Grand."

 

[unohuu]

former Evanstonian living and working in Minneapolis. Hearty welcome!

 

[anyte]

Welcome, from one midwestern tree gazer to another.

 

[emurray]

We must be kindered spirits. I'm a lurker as well. Being a newbie, a lot of the questions I have are already answered and are only a search away. I'm from Indianapolis and also shoot with a rolleiflex (automat mx) and print on a beseler 67.

 

[light leak]

thank you

Thank you all for the warm welcome! It's good to be amongst friends.

...a lot of the questions I have are already answered and are only a search away....

Exactly! Everything I ever needed to know has already been covered here - and covered to the extent that I have nothing to add. But I have grown exponentially since lurking.

Trees are good. VERY good. And with a Rollei, even better.
Shooting only trees with a Rollei is like only playing Mozart on a piano.
Let's see some pictures !

I actually loaded some pictures the other day. Unfortunately, I was a victim of "The Great Server Debacle of 2006". That's kinda good though...my scans looked aweful! I'll try again soon.

BWGirl - You've got the best quote - puts a smile on my face every time I read it!

Jonathan

 

[wheelygirl]

former Midwesterner

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Hi everyone! I was born and raised in Chiago, but live in Tempe, Arizona for the past 30 :rolleyes: years! I introduced myself in another forum; however, I guess it "couldn't hoirt" to do it again: I was gifted my Minolta a few weeks ago, by my neighbor who I NEVER spoken to before--he simply placed this camera & its lenses, literally on my door-step!! And who says miracles don't happen!!?? I have dreamed of becoming an artistic photographer for quite along time. I guess the Universe heard me!
Also, I am about to begin my 2nd semester in earning my A. A.S. degree in Web technology, in about 2 weeks.
Sometime soon I will post my 'images' & details of them, too.
'Til next time . . .
ocj

 

[wheelygirl]

Ocj, again! Am I incorrect to believe that most -if not all, images within APUG are b/w? I ask because at this point my 'shooting' it is only color, thus far.

 

[f/stopblues]

Ocj, again! Am I incorrect to believe that most -if not all, images within APUG are b/w? I ask because at this point my 'shooting' it is only color, thus far.

There's both color and b&w, so long as it's film-based! I shoot 98% b&w myself, but I've seen plenty of color photography in the galleries.

I've been a lurker for quite a while as well, as evidenced by my whopping 4 posts since my join date of Oct. '05 I'm coming out of the shadows finally! Hello from Kansas City, MO.. seems a bit south of most people on this thread. I was born up in Rockford, IL though.

Take care!

 

[anyte]

Ocj, again! Am I incorrect to believe that most -if not all, images within APUG are b/w? I ask because at this point my 'shooting' it is only color, thus far.

Welcome to APUG.

Sometimes it seems that most people shoot and post b/w images but there's a significant number of color shooters here that post in the galleries. It would seem that those numbers have been increasing in the past couple months. I too shoot primarily color.

 

[Mike A]

Welcome from Brookfield Jonathan, I wish I could convince my wife to move to the beautifull little river town you live in.

Mike A