I just learned of this wonderful site through another online camera group (rangefinder forum) . My first love is large format photography but I also use both medium and 35 mm cameras depending upon what I want to accomplish. I hope to learn a great deal here from fellow film enthusiasts and will gladly share what I have learned to date in 30 plus years of photography.
I am in my 50's and I work as a medical electronics technician for a firm in Tucson,Az. where I have my home. I spend most of my free time chasing the perfect Arizona sunset or well lighted landscape photo but I have been gathering the equiptment required for formal portraits as well.
My first pro job in photography was as a combat photographer with the 25th Infantry Division in Cu Chi,Viet Nam(1969/70).
I later had the opportunity to work with a very good commercial photographer who worked primarily in 4x5' and 8x10" formats. It was with this man (Don Winston) that I learned the difference between the photo journalist who "takes" pictures of events as they occur and the studio photographer who "makes" a photograph starting with a blank slate and builds with light the image desired.
To me there is nothing so satisfying as viewing a well executed large format transparency on a light table.
At any rate. hello to all and I hope to talk with many of you soon.
I am in my 50's and I work as a medical electronics technician for a firm in Tucson,Az. where I have my home. I spend most of my free time chasing the perfect Arizona sunset or well lighted landscape photo but I have been gathering the equiptment required for formal portraits as well.
My first pro job in photography was as a combat photographer with the 25th Infantry Division in Cu Chi,Viet Nam(1969/70).
I later had the opportunity to work with a very good commercial photographer who worked primarily in 4x5' and 8x10" formats. It was with this man (Don Winston) that I learned the difference between the photo journalist who "takes" pictures of events as they occur and the studio photographer who "makes" a photograph starting with a blank slate and builds with light the image desired.
To me there is nothing so satisfying as viewing a well executed large format transparency on a light table.
At any rate. hello to all and I hope to talk with many of you soon.
