Hello from British Columbia, Canada

[Kelowna Stu]

Although I joined a couple of days ago I haven't had the time to say Hi yet.

My name is Stu, and I live in the Beautiful Okanagan Valley of British Columbia Canada.

I'm a cross shooter presently shooting with a Sigma DSLR, several Pentax 35mm film cameras, along with a vintage Ferrania Lince 2, 35mm view camera.
With a little luck I'll be adding a medium format, or 2 soon, however I'm happy with what I have.
For some reason I've also recently started collecting old Polaroids, which I might start shooting sometime soon.

I recently had some old darkroom equipment practically given to me, so it's my latest interest in this artform. Actually seeing the image being created in front of me has really sparked my interest back up.
Although I have 2 good teachers in the darkroom, I have pretty much no experience in it so I may just have to ask for a little advice about some effects from time to time.

 

[Mats_A]

Welcome to the silver side of the craft.

r

Mats

 

[Dennis S]

Hello from Vancouver. There are a few BC residents here @ APUG.

 

[ricksplace]

Welcome from Thunder Bay.

 

[Craig Swensson]

Welcome, i got a brother living in Invermere

Cross shooter huh. be carefull with that term, too easy to slip up
regards
CW

 

[fotch]

Welcome to APUG from Wisconsin, USA

 

[Chazzy]

Welcome, Stu.

 

[thebanana]

Hi Stu, welcome from the prairies.

 

[johnnywalker]

Hi Stu, and welcome from downtown Eagle Bay, just a couple of hours north of you.

 

[KWhitmore]

Welcome to Apug Stu, from Montreal.

 

[Patrick Latour]

Hello from Montreal and welcome to APUG

 

[papagene]

Stu - hello and welcome to APUG from western Massachusetts.

 

[MattKing]

Hi Stu - welcome from down in the Lower Mainland

 

[Paul Goutiere]

Where is British Columbia? Is it near Toronto?

 

[rpsawin]

Welcome to APUG from your southwest neighbor.

Best regards,

Bob

 

[MattKing]

Where is British Columbia? Is it near Toronto?

Paul:

Stand up and face looking north.

Now look to your left

 

[Jeff Kubach]

Hello Stu and a warm welcome to APUG!

Jeff

 

[lal350]

Welcome to APUG Stu!.

Larry

 

[johnnywalker]

Where is British Columbia? Is it near Toronto?

British Columbia is where the Oilbertans go to drive up property values and my taxes.

 

[fotch]

What is a Oilbertans?

 

[johnnywalker]

Paul lives in Alberta where most of Canada's oil is, hence he is an Oilbertan.

 

[sly]

Here's a wave from out on the coast. You'll find APUG a wonderful resource - but watch out! When I joined I was happily stuck in a rut shooting 35mm and MF, but now I've got an 8x10 and am lusting after an even bigger camera.

 

[mooseontheloose]

Welcome Stu, from Japan! I was living in Kamloops until recently, and Kelowna was a favorite haunt. Heed sly's warning! I was also in a happy rut shooting slides and mostly 35mm, but since joining APUG I've set up my own darkroom (moved most of it to Japan) and have acquired large format gear (although I shoot mostly MF now).

 

[alistair.o]

Helo Stu,

A warm welcome from the peak district of the UK.

Alistair

 

[Christopher Walrath]

Welcome to APUG, Stu. As to the questions, fire away.