Hello, My name is Bob Clark. I am a journalism major at Oswego State University in New York. I've been shooting for the last 5 years. I started on film with M42 cameras and then to Canon EOS, which I sold my last of a few weeks ago.
The majority of my shooting now is digital (Canon 10D and L lenses) for my school's newspaper, the Oswegonian. I'm a student member of the NPPA.
I do shoot film, though (hence why I registered at APUG). I like well-made mechanical cameras quite a bit. I have a Nikon F2 Photomic and Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5 P coming tomorrow afternoon from my friend in the big brown truck (UPS). I also shoot a "tweaked" Kiev 4am rangefinder. Down the road I want to get a Leica M2 or M4 of some kind. I like to shoot landscapes and nature (macro, birds) in some of my spare time. I also shoot weddings every now and then. I don't advertise for it, it's just word-of-mouth for me, and I get about 6-8 a year, which adds a few pennies to my equipment coffers
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I also do a bit of camera repair. Mostly it's cleaning out viewfinders, replacing light seals, relubing helicals, and other very low-key stuff. I work slowly on more advanced stuff (shutter jams, broken advances, etc.), and I somehow always seem to end up with a clean, working camera when I'm done (with only a few parts left over). I think it's pretty cool when somebody gives me a camera that is a pile of nonfunctioning crap and I make it look and work just like new.
I also have this habit of coming up with wierd repairs and solutions to mechanical problems in the field. I keep a spool of light copper wire, electrical tape, and a swiss army knife in my Domke. My highschool nickname was MacGyver. I've had to fix everything from rewind knobs with bricks to tubas with tin cans while under massive time constraints (5 minutes before wedding ceremonies and state marching band championships). It's a good talent to have.
I have an interview on Friday for a position as a darkroom monitor at my college, and I have a good feeling about it. I have good references, I have a good bit of experience in both shooting and the darkroom, I know Photoshop quite well (there's a small computer lab in the photo suite) and with my repair experiences, I can work on the enlargers and somebody's camera when they have a problem. If I get the job, I'll get paid to be in the darkroom, plus I don't have to develop my Tri-x in my bathroom. Better than working in the dining hall
I would like to move to medium format in the near future, so maybe I can get a few pointers here for that as well.
Have a nice night,
Bob Clark
The majority of my shooting now is digital (Canon 10D and L lenses) for my school's newspaper, the Oswegonian. I'm a student member of the NPPA.
I do shoot film, though (hence why I registered at APUG). I like well-made mechanical cameras quite a bit. I have a Nikon F2 Photomic and Micro-Nikkor 55/3.5 P coming tomorrow afternoon from my friend in the big brown truck (UPS). I also shoot a "tweaked" Kiev 4am rangefinder. Down the road I want to get a Leica M2 or M4 of some kind. I like to shoot landscapes and nature (macro, birds) in some of my spare time. I also shoot weddings every now and then. I don't advertise for it, it's just word-of-mouth for me, and I get about 6-8 a year, which adds a few pennies to my equipment coffers
. I also do a bit of camera repair. Mostly it's cleaning out viewfinders, replacing light seals, relubing helicals, and other very low-key stuff. I work slowly on more advanced stuff (shutter jams, broken advances, etc.), and I somehow always seem to end up with a clean, working camera when I'm done (with only a few parts left over
). I think it's pretty cool when somebody gives me a camera that is a pile of nonfunctioning crap and I make it look and work just like new. I also have this habit of coming up with wierd repairs and solutions to mechanical problems in the field. I keep a spool of light copper wire, electrical tape, and a swiss army knife in my Domke. My highschool nickname was MacGyver. I've had to fix everything from rewind knobs with bricks to tubas with tin cans while under massive time constraints (5 minutes before wedding ceremonies and state marching band championships). It's a good talent to have
. I have an interview on Friday for a position as a darkroom monitor at my college, and I have a good feeling about it. I have good references, I have a good bit of experience in both shooting and the darkroom, I know Photoshop quite well (there's a small computer lab in the photo suite) and with my repair experiences, I can work on the enlargers and somebody's camera when they have a problem. If I get the job, I'll get paid to be in the darkroom, plus I don't have to develop my Tri-x in my bathroom
. Better than working in the dining hallI would like to move to medium format in the near future, so maybe I can get a few pointers here for that as well.
Have a nice night,
Bob Clark
