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[Tom Kershaw]

Gene,

What do you think the regular participants get out of that variety of club?

Tom.

 

[Gene_Laughter]

What do you think the regular participants get out of that variety of club?

My guesses: A chance to show and talk about their work. A chance to show off their equipment. Comaraderie. A way to express their creativity. What do you think?

Cheers,

Gene

 

[MattKing]

Gene:

Are you in a bromoil club I can visit as a guest? .

Happy New Year

Matt

 

[Gene_Laughter]

As a matter of fact, we do have a "club" ... of sorts! LOL. We have an international discussion group on Yahoo Groups for experienced bromoilists - to discuss technical matters, changes in materials, images, tecnique, etc. We try to get together about once each year for a combination of demonstrations, presentations, print swapping and social networking. As a result, the bromoilists of the world have become a sharing, tight-knit community. We call these gatherings "Hopperfests." I have made many great friends through our Bromoil Club - plus, I have learned a lot , too! There's nothing like a face-to-face meeting with others who share your passion!

Hop on! :>)

Gene

 

[Gene_Laughter]

I'll never forget attending the meeting of the Eastbourne Photography Club weekly meeting with Norman Gryspeerdt, F.R.P.S., master bromoilist. I was visting Norman and he kindly invited me to attend the meeting as his guest. First, the meeting was held in the Hall for the Blind, which I found to be hilarious! Being an American, turning out about 40 to 45 members on a Friday night on a weekly basis was almost unbelievable! Norman explained that, for him at least, attending weekly had more of a social meaning than anything else. I sat up front with Norman, who had a reserved seat of honor. A guest photographer showed an endless stream of prints that grew old after the first 100 or so prints. Norman nudged me and said, "Gene, I have seen these same images a thousand times by hundreds of photographers!" The meeting lasted a couple of hours and I enjoyed meeting and chatting with all of the members. When the meeting ended, I walked with Norman to his car. He hugged me and said, "You come back to see me next year, Gene." I never saw him again. Norman died a few months later.

Gene

 

[Kvistgaard]

What do you think the regular participants get out of that variety of club?

My guesses: A chance to show and talk about their work. A chance to show off their equipment. Comaraderie. A way to express their creativity. What do you think?

...well - let's not forget it's a night out. There's a social aspect not to be ignored. In that context, it does not matter if people are discussing cameras, photography, or model air planes .

Happy new year everyone.

 

[Chazzy]

I wish that there were a camera club for singles, so that I could meet a beautiful young lady who shares my interest in photography. Or even an ugly one, for that matter.

 

[jonjameshall]

The benifits are that the longer term members who have gone to the D side frequently have traditional camera equipment, darkroom equipment, and consumables that they practically give to you when they see that you still use film and print your own work.
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And its amazing what those guys have got hidden away! last year, someone offered me a ex boots (UK drugstore) minilab, for nothing!!! Showed my a digi pic - huge great thing leaking chems all over the place! I could just imagine what my usually tolerant better half would have said! She would have killed me! I told him no thanks politely. I have a ton of old papers that I have been given, not got round to testing any of it though!

 

[rusty_tripod]

I belong to several groups that derive from the internet.Several are specialties that pop up on Flickr. The most active group centers in Phoenix so that we get together for walkabouts, photo shoots, and meals. We do not sit around and critique each other's works except for the digital folks who are chimping. Most of the challenges, projects, themes, and such are handled on the internet on Flickr as we interface as contacts and friends. It tends to be pretty social, satisfying, and motivating.

 

[johnnywalker]

ok, I've seen this enough to ask, what is "chimping"?

 

[rusty_tripod]

Chimping is where the digital folk look at the screen on the back of the camera to determine whether or not to delete the image to try again. It also allows them to show their shots to the buddies before they get uploaded to the computer or website.

When I am with them, my "chimping" consists of just looking at the black back of my Canon or Pentax because I have no clue what the outcome will be. It keeps me out of the loop, but I don't mind.

 

[donbga]

ok, I've seen this enough to ask, what is "chimping"?

The act of "chimping" is done for several reasons. I can't explain what those reasons are because that would involve dicussing digital photography on a film oriented web site.

In fact just mentioning the word or concept maybe a violation APUG of policies. Better Google the phrase.

 

[Gene_Laughter]

"In fact just mentioning the word or concept maybe a violation APUG of policies. Better Google the phrase."

Mr. Google sent me to Wikipedia: "The phrase is most likely derived from comparison between the sounds and actions some make while reviewing images and those of an excited primate (Oooh! Oooh! Aaah!), or when a photographer is completely absorbed in the act of analysing, admiring or proudly displaying a shot to others."

Cheers,

Gene

 

[MattKing]

At the risk of appearing serious

Could "CHIM" be a partial contraction of:

CHeck IMage?

Matt

 

[rusty_tripod]

Please accept my deepest apologies if by answering a question I violated some rule previously unknown to me. I acted in purest innocence and feel shamed that I might have in some way sullied this most valued site. My bad.

 

[donbga]

Please accept my deepest apologies if by answering a question I violated some rule previously unknown to me. I acted in purest innocence and feel shamed that I might have in some way sullied this most valued site. My bad.

"Never apologize Mister! It's a sign of weakness!" - Captain Nathan Brittles; from the movie, "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon".

My comment was made tongue-in-cheek. No need to feel rueful.

 

[flatulent1]

Film chimping?

Not to shove this thread further off course, but isn't everybody who has ever used a Polaroid back on their film camera guilty of 'chimping'?

Never been to a camera club since grade school. I have no idea if they even exist in the Seattle area. I thought, until I read this thread, that it might be fun to join one, but the digital chest thumping that goes on at the office is as much as I can take, though if there were a FUG in the area I might be coerced into attending.

 

[Ralph Javins]

Good morning, Fred;

Please be assured that there are other film users in Latte Land. However, I am not sure about that social group here on APUG that suggests using coffee as a developer; such sacrilege! May Howard Schultz smite them with his mighty sceptre!

There is also the Pacific Northwest Regional . . . Group right here on APUG also. It is a recently formed group from only last summer, but they are doing things.

If you have visited the local photo shops around January, June, and September, you might see some of the young students shopping for a fully manual camera to use, as instructed, in their elective course on photography offered at several of our local schools.

Perhaps there might be justification to announce at least a meeting at a local restaurant or coffee shop for a gathering of other film users here in Latte Land.

 

[flatulent1]

January, June and September, eh? Sounds like a good time to get my unwanted gear together and go hang out around the corner from Glazer's...

 

[cooltouch]

Never been to a camera club since grade school. I have no idea if they even exist in the Seattle area. I thought, until I read this thread, that it might be fun to join one, but the digital chest thumping that goes on at the office is as much as I can take, though if there were a FUG in the area I might be coerced into attending.

You might want to do a bit of googling and check things out. Because of this topic in this thread, I googled Houston area camera clubs and found a few. All of them made care of mentioning the continued importance of emulsion-based photography. One of them sponsors monthly "crawls" for film users only. Cool. Think I'll have to check them out a bit further. I've always been very solitary as a photographer. Sure, I would meet and chat with other photographers at events, but I've never done anything with a group. Anyway, I find that it might be interesting to participate in a group activity of this sort for a change.

Best,

Michael

 

[gr82bart]

If you're from the US; all the camera clubs who are members: http://www.psa-photo.org/

Regards, Art