I am getting back into film photography after a long hiatus. I've been trying to resurrect a Minolta SRT101 that I used in High School and College back in the mid to late 1970's. I live in Kerrville, TX which may not be heaven, but it's close.
You do beautiful work, Andrew. I really like your subject matter and compositions. I lived in Clyde Butcher country for many years. Some of your work reminds me of his.Wellllllllcome!
I am getting back into film photography after a long hiatus. I've been trying to resurrect a Minolta SRT101 that I used in High School and College back in the mid to late 1970's. I live in Kerrville, TX which may not be heaven, but it's close.
You do beautiful work, Andrew. I really like your subject matter and compositions. I lived in Clyde Butcher country for many years. Some of your work reminds me of his.
Never stopped? Well, you need to spend some time here! I moved here from Florida having never been here. Just google-earthed it, saw all the great motorcycling roads, and the rest is history. I’m enjoying Photrio already! Thanks!Hello KerrKid! I've passed thru Kerrville many times but never stopped. Lovely area!!
Enjoy your time here on Photrio.
Kerrville is a nice town. I moved here having never been here before. I chose it for the good motorcycling roads. Real estate prices are soaring as Californians bail out and bring their wads of cash here. Plenty of jobs, but few that pay well. Glad I’m retired. Gas prices are stupid expensive here now, too. C’mon back to Texas Hill Country and bring ammunition!Howdy there KerrKid ! Welcome to the forum.
I was born and raised in Texas and spent my adult years in Austin. I retired a few years back and moved to Colorado. It's really pretty here but I do miss Texas and family still there. Kerrville is on my short list looking for a place to return to the Lone Star State as Austin in now way too expensive to live these days.
…saw all the great motorcycling roads, and the rest is history….
Sweet. The FJR is a great bike. I ride a 2002 Honda CBR1100 XX Blackbird.That’s a good enough reason. I live an hour from the Beartooth Hwy which I rode over 5 times on my FJR last summer.
Sweet. The FJR is a great bike. I ride a 2002 Honda CBR1100 XX Blackbird.
Well, that was a good re-entry bike. A fast comfy mile-eater for sure. I miss my old ST1100 for touring. That bike was so comfy and had a huge gas tank. The Blackbird is very fast and smooth but I'd hate to go long distance on it.Nice. I hadn’t ridden in 37 years and picked up this 2021 FJR last April. I put over 12,000-miles on before winter arrived.
I haven’t spent much time in Texas but did visit Austin a couple times when my son as in college and had summer internships there. I like that city. We also visited Houston to tour the space center and San Antonio for the Alamo and Riverwalk. We went to Galveston because I’d never been to the Gulf.
Interestingly, I notice more Texas plates here in Montana than California ones. People are on the move.
Too cold for me, but I'd like to visit. Can you believe I've never been to Riverwalk? Lol. I would like to go to the Space Center.
Isn’t it great that we have so many options to match us up with our preferred weather? The humid, subtropical climate is your area would keep me away. I’m a runner and when I was in Austin a few years ago I’d go out for a run at 5:30am and still be drenched in a half mile. Yes, it gets cold here, but I can layer up and go out it. I ran a couple times this winter at -5 degrees or so. Of course, the BIG downside is that we have 4 months of very little motorcycle riding although I did get the bike out at least once a month. Another upside is that we get a break from yard work for 5 months or so.
Back to the SRT, I am going to Italy in May and considering taking my SRT with me to do some street photography. I figured I’d bulk load a bunch of 35mm canisters and see what I get. Of course, I’ll shoot with my phone as well, but B&W on film would be great. I’m going on a university study abroad trip to the Vienna Bienalle, a big contemporary art show. We’ll do 5 days there and then to Florence to see all the non-contemporary art there. I may take the obligatory selfie with David but I am more interested in street scenes than the art that I can look up in a book or see online.
What kind of film are you going to bulk load?
OMG, that Blackbird is awesome. I’d forgotten about that bike and its speed record. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one in the flesh.
Yes, the early FJRs ran hot. Those were the Generation I bikes. The joke was that if you planned to have kids you needed to install a heat shield. Gen II was better and with Gen III, mine, they really have worked out all the kinks. When I decided to get back to riding I had originally though a Goldwing but I wanted something lighter and when I started re-educating myself I learned about the sport-tour class and knew that’s what I would get. I’d never owned a new vehicle of any kind and decided that this would be the time to do so. I made a list of the specs I wanted and started looking at what bikes checked the most boxes. I wanted >1000cc, inline 4, shaft drive, cruise control, less that 650 pounds, and a high reliability rating. I liked the Honda ST series but they were no longer made. I thought BMW would be good but their reliability rating is lower than Harley. Yamaha, Honda, and Kawasaki win in that department. When it came down to it, the FJR and the Kawa Concours were the contenders. They were not available here in Montana so I ended up in Rapid City, SD at a dealer who had both. I sat on each over and over and the FJR just spoke to me so I trailer it home that day. I have zero regrets. On the FJR forums, many of the conversations are about adding accessories and going for rides. It seems that with other brands it’s “how do I fix this.” Guys are getting over 100,000 miles on them with only oil and tire changes. I did a 6,658-mile trip on mine last summer (Montana to Maine and back) all on 2-lanes roads. Truly awesome.
BTW, I have a blog I keep on the bike and my rides and such:
https://fjradventures.blogspot.com/
I checked out your site. Those are some cool designs. I took a printmaking class a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I did several types but screen printing is more to my liking. Ultimately, I do photography and drawing for the most part. I am finishing up a BFA and will graduate in May. My senior show is the week after next. I should be panicked (other students are with theirs) but I have all the work completed and only need to pick up a piece of glass to finish framing one piece. I am taking an advanced drawing class as well, just something to round out my day, and I’ve been combining photography (cyanotypes) with drawing. Lots of work but lots of fun.
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