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I'm the last holdout West River that still processes film and prints in the traditional manner. Most work now by hand and using a DoMac 18" paper processor. The d-Lab 2 is in hibernation, just put a new laser in it too. Got plenty of film and paper stock, used cameras and lenses. I started in 1977 with a 120 or 620 brownie box camera, had lots of fun but film processing got expensive. Back in Massachusetts, my dad and I bult a darkroom in a corner of the cellar and found little time for anything else. Got into camera repairing in the early "80s. Had a good run untill everything got all plastic and disposable. Shot lots of film just to be in my own little world printing. 16 years now in SD. I've got a nice motorcycle shop here in town and 2/3ds of my home is darkroom and getting back into camera repairs. I still have my 30 year old email address and check once a day. For those that dont like Juno email too bad, aint changin it. For the others that think one needs 10,000 posts to be credible, too bad. I was here as an Apug member years ago for years and only managed a few hunderd posts. Anywho..... Here I Is, glad to be back and let's hope this crazy polarized world can blend and get together like the TV commercials show.
 

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Thanks for a warm welcome. I've set up shop just outside of Rapid City in a beautiful downtown New Underwood. I forgot to list my website, www.underwoodfilmandcamera.com. Not much to it now as I have to brush up on my html coding. I've been working closely with Bill Grothe at 1st Photo since I came out here. I did some of his darkroom work, machine maint and repairs and printed almost all of the large b&w and color prints. He's now retired, his building torn down to make a block sized coffee shop or something. I'm pretty much all thats left out here for traditional processing.
 

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great to see you made it back !
I love SD, spent some time in MURDO years ago ...
are they still documenting the homesteads on the side of the highway ?
 

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I spent a lot of my growing up near Rochford, SD in the Black Hills. My aunt and uncle lived in Rapid City. That was back in the 50's, 60's and 70's. I am sure things have changed a lot.
 
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great to see you made it back !
I love SD, spent some time in MURDO years ago ...
are they still documenting the homesteads on the side of the highway ?



Sorry, I don't know. My only time in Murdo was when I came out here. It was November, snowing and raining at the same time, the road was glazed and I called it quits. Stopped and spent the rest of the day and night in a motel there.
 
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I spent a lot of my growing up near Rochford, SD in the Black Hills. My aunt and uncle lived in Rapid City. That was back in the 50's, 60's and 70's. I am sure things have changed a lot.

Times have changed in just the time I've been here. I should have moved 40 years ago, it must have been a real hoot.
 
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