Hello from the east coast of the US!

[benlarsen]

Hey everyone! My name is Ben and I live in Virginia and have been shooting analog for about 2.5 years now! I have a constantly growing collection of cameras, I've lost count. I'm slowing down the collecting now and getting more into working on my photography skills. I shoot anything I can get my hands on. I think MF is what I use the most but I shoot a lot of 35mm and Polaroid too and I just got my first 4x5 (Speed Graphic) and developed 2 sheets last night! Right now I'm strictly shooting B&W and home developing but after summer I plan on getting into color developing!

I really enjoy reading about the history of everything photography and learning new techniques for shooting, developing or enlarging! I'm excited to learn more and hopefully don't blow my entire savings account in the classified section!

EDIT: also, an interesting fact about me and my "claim to fame" is when I found some undeveloped film by accident and ended up with some 50+ year old photos from Vietnam and was interviewed by a few news outlets! http://abcnews.go.com/US/virginia-man-finds-trove-vietnam-war-era-photos/story?id=30370840

 

[Chrismat]

Welcome to APUG! That's a great story. It's heartening to see that younger people are excited about film photography.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Welcome to APUG

 

[Nodda Duma]

Welcome! Interesting story.

 

[Xmas]

Hi Ben

Well done.

Noel

 

[mooseontheloose]

Hi Ben - welcome to APUG!

 

[Trail Images]

Hello Ben and welcome to APUG. An interesting story showing a bit of history too.

 

[Chazzy]

Welcome, Ben.

 

[M.A.Longmore]

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Welcome Home Ben !

~ Ron
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[benlarsen]

Thanks guys! I appreciate the warm welcome! I've been lurking for a bit and it seems like a good place!!!

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Welcome, Ben, from Washington DC! What part of Virginia are you in? Depending on your area, we can steer you to some local analog resources as well.

 

[benlarsen]

Right now I live in Norfolk, I'll be moving to Hampton in September. But I travel a lot all over VA, my girlfriend goes to JMU so I'm up there almost every weekend during the school year. I regularly stop by Glenn's up there to buy my chemicals and I go down to Stauton occasionally too, that's actually where I bought all my developing and enlarging stuff (for an amazing price!) I also spend a lot of time in Richmond and I love going up to DC!