Im a new subscriber and Ive been hanging out on the LF board since I joined. I think I should take a few moments to introduce myself. To say that photography has been an interest of mine since birth would be an exaggeration, but, I really dont remember when cameras didnt interest me.
I am not a professional just a semi-educated amateur. I have shot 35mm for most of my life (Im a tad past the half century mark in age) Ive had periods of being very active shooting mostly nature and landscape, but, for a while I was just the one who had the camera at all occasions to snap pics. It is only recently when I picked up a Zeiss Ikon 6x9 that my interest soared again and I decided to build a darkroom and get to shooting for the shear joy of capturing all the beauty in the world. I am currently waiting for an 8x10 Korona purchased from a fellow APUGer.
Besides the Ikon I have a Nikkormat FT2 bought new many years ago and still performing what I ask it; a Nikon N50 I purchased for a trip to the Grand Canyon. (seems I might have been the only person to buy the N50 which Im told is a featureless dog) and a Voigtlander R2. I did spend some time in the land of digital with a Nikon Coolpix 990 that I bought for my second trip to the Grand Canyon. It was after this second trip that I saw that digital was not going to satisfy me, I was sorry I didnt take a film camera. I do keep a little Canon Digital Elph in my pack for grabbing a quick snapshot here and there.
Well thats about it. I plan on shooting more and more landscape with the 8x10. While I live about 20 miles north of NYC and work in the city, those who dont know the area would be surprised by how much rural and downright wilderness is relatively nearby.
Oh, I might mention that our 21 year old son is in his Senior year as a photo major at Drexel University. He has an eye that is breathtakingly good and I hope hell find a niche somewhere between art and commerce (the boys gotta eat and, however much I love him find his own place to live a reasonable time after graduation) As Drexel is a coop school he is just finishing a semester as an intern here in the city at Fred Marcus Photography (now owned and run by his son Andy Marcus)
See you around the boards,
-Bob
I am not a professional just a semi-educated amateur. I have shot 35mm for most of my life (Im a tad past the half century mark in age) Ive had periods of being very active shooting mostly nature and landscape, but, for a while I was just the one who had the camera at all occasions to snap pics. It is only recently when I picked up a Zeiss Ikon 6x9 that my interest soared again and I decided to build a darkroom and get to shooting for the shear joy of capturing all the beauty in the world. I am currently waiting for an 8x10 Korona purchased from a fellow APUGer.
Besides the Ikon I have a Nikkormat FT2 bought new many years ago and still performing what I ask it; a Nikon N50 I purchased for a trip to the Grand Canyon. (seems I might have been the only person to buy the N50 which Im told is a featureless dog) and a Voigtlander R2. I did spend some time in the land of digital with a Nikon Coolpix 990 that I bought for my second trip to the Grand Canyon. It was after this second trip that I saw that digital was not going to satisfy me, I was sorry I didnt take a film camera. I do keep a little Canon Digital Elph in my pack for grabbing a quick snapshot here and there.
Well thats about it. I plan on shooting more and more landscape with the 8x10. While I live about 20 miles north of NYC and work in the city, those who dont know the area would be surprised by how much rural and downright wilderness is relatively nearby.
Oh, I might mention that our 21 year old son is in his Senior year as a photo major at Drexel University. He has an eye that is breathtakingly good and I hope hell find a niche somewhere between art and commerce (the boys gotta eat and, however much I love him find his own place to live a reasonable time after graduation) As Drexel is a coop school he is just finishing a semester as an intern here in the city at Fred Marcus Photography (now owned and run by his son Andy Marcus)
See you around the boards,
-Bob