Hi From Winnipeg (aka Winterpeg Manisnowba)

[timbo10ca]

Alas the snow is gone, and I've run out of "indoor ideas". Time to get outside.
Hi everybody- my name is Tim and I was bit by the photo bug quite some time ago, but have just been getting back into things over the past year (stimulated by an EOS Elan 7E for a wedding gift and a honeymoon in Greece). I am essentially self- taught, through reading (books and web), and pestering my fine friends down at the local photo shop. I just learned of APUG 2 days ago (a godsend, after feeling *quite* in the minority at Photo.net, which is a great site, but also quite biased) and have been devouring the past posts all day. There is defintely a wealth of information here and I look forward to learning more. I plan to subscribe soon, and I start my 1st official Photography course in 4 days.

 

[roteague]

Hi, welcome from Hawaii. And, don't worry, we don't speak digital here.

 

[metod]

Warm, Spring greetings from Montreal. Nice to see another canadian on the board. Enjoy your stay....

 

[ricksplace]

Welcome from another Canadian. Just lost the ice off the lake in front of my place last week. Had a sauna last night and went for a SHORT swim. Still have two little bumps under my chin...

Lots of nice people here. Enjoy.

Rick.

 

[CraigK]

Welcome from another Pegger Tim!

APUG is a great place to discuss all aspects of the sweet science of traditional photography. PrairieView School of Photography in Winnipeg offers a number of courses from traditional darkroom work to large format to alternative processes. You will find quite a few APUG'ers there. Check us out if you haven't already.

Cheers,

CraigK

www.prairieview.ca

 

[timbo10ca]

Craig- I'm starting Photo 2 this wednesday at PrarieView.

 

[thebanana]

Hi Tim, Welcome. Winnipeg has a lot to offer photgraphically speaking. Prairieview, the guys over at Photo Central and The Lab Works to name a few. Also the Exchange District for tons of photo ops.
Any other Manitobans going to the Conference?

John in Brandon

 

[timbo10ca]

Hi John. PhotoCentral is great. I spend alot of time down there, and they process all my film. I'm too fresh to know about the conference, but if it isn't in winnipeg I'm probably not going

 

[PhotoJim]

Welcome from Regina.

Maybe we should have a regional APUG gathering sometime, in Winnipeg perhaps? There seems to be a lot of you here and the handful of us in Saskatchewan could get there for a weekend easily enough...

 

[craigclu]

Welcome aboard.... I grew up about 100 miles south of you in Grand Forks so I understand the seasons a bit! You'll like this place as it's helpful, normally peaceful and a great resource for the analog'ers among the throngs!

 

[ricksplace]

If you have an APUG gathering in the 'peg, count me in. Easy 7 hour drive from Thunder Bay.

 

[timbo10ca]

If you have an APUG gathering in the 'peg, count me in. Easy 7 hour drive from Thunder Bay.

Sweet- you could bring my cousin-in-law with you. He's actually in a photoclub out there. Wait a minute...... I forgot he shoots dig.

 

[CraigK]

Hmmm....an APUG get-together in Winnipeg?

Sounds like a GREAT idea!

I am going to the APUG conference in Toronto as are a few other Peggers I know. I will see if we can hatch a plan while we are there. It would be great to meet fellow analogers from all over the Prairies and beyond. I would certainly be willing to offer PrairieView's facilities for the event. I am sure that Photo Central and Labworks will want to take part as well.

Thanks for the great idea....the mental gears are now in motion!

 

[timbo10ca]

Hmmm....an APUG get-together in Winnipeg?

Sounds like a GREAT idea!

I am going to the APUG conference in Toronto as are a few other Peggers I know. I will see if we can hatch a plan while we are there. It would be great to meet fellow analogers from all over the Prairies and beyond. I would certainly be willing to offer PrairieView's facilities for the event. I am sure that Photo Central and Labworks will want to take part as well.

Thanks for the great idea....the mental gears are now in motion!

Eeeeeexcellent (rubbing hands together)

 

[CraigK]

Ok, so the wife asked me what was burning...

I had to admit that it was an overheated thinking cap due to thoughts of an APUG gathering in Winnipeg.

So, fellow APUG'ers from anywhere, anytime: What makes for a great gathering? I'm thinking a workshop or three, demo's, exhibits, print exchange, single malt tasting sessions...what am I missing?

 

[timbo10ca]

Ok, so the wife asked me what was burning...

I had to admit that it was an overheated thinking cap due to thoughts of an APUG gathering in Winnipeg.

So, fellow APUG'ers from anywhere, anytime: What makes for a great gathering? I'm thinking a workshop or three, demo's, exhibits, print exchange, single malt tasting sessions...what am I missing?

I really like where you're going with this.

 

[MurrayMinchin]

Welcome aboard APUG from the moist, cloud enshrouded, dripping rainforest on BC's north coast where it was once said by a visitor from the prairies, "Nice place, but the mountains get in the way of the view".

Murray