Ireland Region - Introductions

[thefizz]

Welcome Hugh, great to have you here. Keep an eye out for apug/ireland get-togethers. We would love to meet you and shoot some film.

Peter

 

[thefizz]

Hello all, I'll be in Dublin from Oct 10-13th. If anyone wants to go for a pint, let me know.

Cheers!

Dinesh

Sounds good to me but I think it may be more than "a pint" Looking forward to meeting you.

Peter

 

[Dinesh]

Sounds good to me but I think it may be more than "a pint" Looking forward to meeting you.

Peter

Likewise Peter.

Cheers!

 

[Fintan]

Hey Hugh, welcome to the forum, glad you found one on my posters. Post often!!

Fintan

 

[Síle]

Hi Hugh and welcome, hope to see you on some of our rainy outings

Síle

 

[Síle]

Hello all, I'll be in Dublin from Oct 10-13th. If anyone wants to go for a pint, let me know.


Cheers!


Dinesh

I might manage a half pint.. so if that works, I'm on!

Síle

 

[Dinesh]

I might manage a half pint.. so if that works, I'm on!

Síle

Sweet! The more, the merrier.

(By the way, I'll drink the other half. )

 

[dferrie]

Sounds good to me, but what's with the half pints?

I nearly feel another day out coming on ....

David

 

[dferrie]

Hi All,

My name's Hugh and I live in Dublin. Really happy to have found this forum (saw the poster in the Gallery Of Photography today ... first time in the darkroom in about a year). I've been doing b&W, mostly medium format, photography for a few years now on and off. Started by doing an Introduction To Photography course with all intentions of buying a fancy digital camera, was a bit upset to find out the course was all about this weird darkroom carry-on, but was then hooked within about a week.

I have a bunch of MF cameras now but have recently come to the conclusion that the Bronica RF645 I have is one of only two possessions I would save from my house if it was burning down. It's the greatest thing ever.

I like to shoot street scenes, rusty old ships and buildings, mostly details. I really like travel photography and most of my pics are from trips abroad. Not doing as much of that these days so I suppose I'll have to find more things in Dublin/Ireland to shoot ...

Anyway, glad I found this place .....

Hi Hugh,

Welcome to the Irish corner of APUG, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here. As Fintan has said we have had a few outings already and it's a great way of exploring our own country. It's a while since we had an outing so watch this space.

David

 

[MikeI]

Hi there,

I'll keep this short.
I'm Mike from Galway. I'm currently studying photography in Dun Laoghaire IADT.

 

[Fintan]

Hey Mike,
Welcome to the emerald corner of APUG, post often
Fintan

 

[Síle]

Hi there,

I'll keep this short.
I'm Mike from Galway. I'm currently studying photography in Dun Laoghaire IADT.

Hiya Mike and welcome from just out the road in Bray..

Síle

 

[fluffy_penguins]

Hiya Mike
Welcome!
Cath.

 

[thefizz]

Great to have you here Mike.

Peter

 

[dferrie]

Hi Mike,

Welcome to the Irish corner of APUG.

David

 

[melball]

Hi Mike and Welcome!
Mel

 

[Rafal Lukawiecki]

In County Wicklow

Hi All,

I've only discovered the Irish APUG corner today. Nice! I'm a four-year old import to Ireland and I live in Glencormack, Co Wicklow - about 5 minutes from Bray and 1 minute from Little Sugar Loaf.

I've been shooting and printing B&W on-and-off for some 25 years but I only I switched to 4x5 about 5-6 years ago. I take a lot of digital too, but I really want to go back to my silver roots. Right now I am rebuilding my darkroom in my utility room.

Please keep me on your mailing lists in case of any events etc.

Happy New Year 2008 to you all.
Rafal

 

[Fintan]

Hi Rafal and welcome to APUG, as you can see by the other threads we do meetup and shoot some stuff from time to time. We're plotting an exhibition and run workshops and stuff. Hope you can post often and happy new year to you too.

Fintan

 

[fluffy_penguins]

Hiya Rafal,
Welcome! As another "import" can I ask where you're from?
Happy New Year!
Catherine

 

[Síle]

Hi Rafal,

Happy New Year and welcome from just down the road..
That's a very nice doorstep you have.. you live in a beautiful part of the county.
Hope to see you on one of our 2008 outings!

Speaking of which.. where to next guys?

Síle

 

[dferrie]

Hi Rafal,

Welcome to APUG, with you on board I think that Wicklow has the highest number of APUGers in the country! I'm just up the road on Bray.

David

 

[Rafal Lukawiecki]

Hello All,

Thanks for the many welcomes! Glad to know that if I run out of developer I can look for some a few doors down the road.

I didn't want to bore you with all the details of my travels, but since Catherine asked... I'm part of the Polish invasion in a way. I left Krakow 18 years ago for London and I slowly made my way to Ireland over the past few years.

The move from UK damaged my Gem 405 enlarger which was good news as I had insured it well. This allowed me to replace it with a nice DeVere 405 with an Ilford 500 head which is the centrepiece of the darkroom I am rebuilding at present. I miss not having Silverprint just a few stops away on the Underground - those guys had everything a B&W fan needed. But now I know where I can find you.

I look forward to meeting you in person in the future.
Rafal

 

[Fintan]

I use the same Devere Rafal, it really good.

I know what you mean about Silverprint, I've only been in it twice but order online. Awesome place.

I get most of my stuff there or in Gunns in Wexford Street, Dublin. They are great people in there, call in and say hello if you haven't already.

 

[melball]

Hello and Welcome Rafal from the other Cork Apugger. Hope to meet up soon.

Mel

 

[Daragh Regan]

Hello,
Nice that there's an Irish corner here.
I'm in Cork, on the island.
Looking forward to sharing the fun.
Daragh