Hello to everyone,
My name is Richard, I'm 33 and I currently hail from Vancouver BC, Canada.
I got into photography at a fairly young age due to my father being a photographer. As adolesence kicked in, my thoughts turned to other pursuits and photography fell by the wayside. A few years ago, I got the bug again and bought a small digital. I quickly realized that the camera was severely holding me back (as would be expected from a small point & shoot) and started thinking more and more about getting a proper camera.
Then last Christmas my father gave me a Canon EF, 1.4 50mm lens, and four rolls of Agfa APX 400. I haven't put it down since.
My main subject matter would be pieces of the city that people usually ignore, fail to even notice, or just determine to be junk, garbage, or plain vandalism. My eye naturally gravitates towards textures and collisions between differing textures. Fast black and white (400+) is definitely my film of choice. I love the grain of 3200 film, but I could see eventually slowing it down to get some really nice, detailed shots. I feel that black and white is a much stronger medium for the subject matter I prefer so I stay away from color. For what I do, I feel that color would actually be a distraction most times.
My father lives in a work/live studio equipped with a darkroom, so I am also learning that end of the process. It just makes holding a print of mine so much more rewarding knowing that I produced it 100% from start to finish.
Oh yeah, I'm already planning on getting a medium format camera... It's like an addiction, but a good one.
My name is Richard, I'm 33 and I currently hail from Vancouver BC, Canada.
I got into photography at a fairly young age due to my father being a photographer. As adolesence kicked in, my thoughts turned to other pursuits and photography fell by the wayside. A few years ago, I got the bug again and bought a small digital. I quickly realized that the camera was severely holding me back (as would be expected from a small point & shoot) and started thinking more and more about getting a proper camera.
Then last Christmas my father gave me a Canon EF, 1.4 50mm lens, and four rolls of Agfa APX 400. I haven't put it down since.
My main subject matter would be pieces of the city that people usually ignore, fail to even notice, or just determine to be junk, garbage, or plain vandalism. My eye naturally gravitates towards textures and collisions between differing textures. Fast black and white (400+) is definitely my film of choice. I love the grain of 3200 film, but I could see eventually slowing it down to get some really nice, detailed shots. I feel that black and white is a much stronger medium for the subject matter I prefer so I stay away from color. For what I do, I feel that color would actually be a distraction most times.
My father lives in a work/live studio equipped with a darkroom, so I am also learning that end of the process. It just makes holding a print of mine so much more rewarding knowing that I produced it 100% from start to finish.
Oh yeah, I'm already planning on getting a medium format camera... It's like an addiction, but a good one.
