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Hello from Derbyshire!

danwheeler — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:16:22 GMT

Finally, i've found a forum which is focused soley on traditional photography!

i've been using film since i was 16 (i am now 26) and have never owned a digital camera. Maybe im missing out? Or maybe im privvy to a world that some digital photographers will never know!

I still class myself as a beginner (as there is an awful lot to learn!). I develop all my work at home in my darkroom and have tremendous fun doing so. I though that this would be the ideal place to pick up hints and tips from other more accomplished and professional photographers than myself and ultimately progress in my own work.

I've had a look through some of the posts and i'm impressed by the quality of work on here, looks like im in good company.

if anyone is intrested in looking at some of my work go to my blog at;

http://danwheelerphotography.blogspot.com

Cheers :)

Howdy from Texas

oldshadow — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:49:54 GMT

I stumbled upon this forum and was instantly smitten by the tagline "Preserving and Promoting Craftsmanship in Photography"

That is exactly how I feel about film photography. Between the two (digital the other), it is the one that promotes the craftmanship aspect. The aspect that I find infinitely intriguing and rewarding.

With that thanks for sharing a forum such as this.

Hello from Delaware, APUG and CIM

christopher walrath — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:56:54 GMT

Well, it's me.

Oh, alright. Here goes. My name is Chris. I am, as of late, a 4x5 film photographer hailing from the banks of the mighty Broadkiln River (a good toss can clear it) in Milton, Delaware. I am also an avid participator on APUG.ORG (pertinent as this almost appears to be a version of apug light) and I am the editor of Creative Image Maker Magazine.

When not in Nirvana behind old Bear (my 4x5 B&J Press Camera) you can find me schlepping spark plugs for Fisher Auto Parts of Staunton, Virginia in the Milford, Delaware store. I may also be lounging or traveling with my wife and two kids, reading a good book (photography or a good submarine novel), well, if I'm not outside sucking up the nature.

Nice to meet y'all.

Hello from Gdansk

brooneq — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:03:51 GMT

Hello from not-so-cold-as-they-say Poland. Here's some of my photos - [url]http://www.aparaty.tradycyjne.net/galeria_zdjec.php?user=sIc[/url]. Don't know what could I say for now... exept - hello ;)

Epson 4000 Printer

Carl — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:39:06 GMT

I have the Epson 4000 printer, have always had problems with the head plugging.

I'm looking for anyone out there who has a 4000, and if they have this problem have they come up with a was to stop it.

I've tried printing something everyday, but that doesn't seem to make a difference.

Any Ideas

Hello From Surrrey in England

PGB Images — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:03:51 GMT

I have quite a few years experince in photography covering sports events and air racing with Aero GP as well as motor racing and architectural photography. I have used digital for most of my work but now want to return to slower and more considered work using film. I will not knock digital as its great for certain work but film is more fun and puts you closer in touch with the art of photography. This looks like a great place to get help with technical queries.

Merry Chrsitmas to you all! Philip

Hello all

Joe O'Hara — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:47:38 GMT

Hi, this is Joe O'Hara and I live in Southern NJ, US. I found my way to this site through the largeformatphotography.info forum where someone asked, "Where is everyone?". Someone guessed that some might be here, so I wandered in.

After a long hiatus, I started photographing again last year with a digital camera, and realized that I might as well do it the way I had always wanted to, with 4x5 film. I am most attracted to the natural landscape as subject matter, in both B/W and color. I have been known to post on www.naturephotographers.net. For those in the Philadelphia area, we might be able to meet up at Project Basho in Philadelphia /www.projectbasho.org/, a local educational organization for those interested in traditional photographic techniques, where I tend to lurk at the informal critique sessions.

I'm happy to help anyone with questions about LF technique, B/W, the Zone System, working with transparency film, scanning, etc, or interesting places to work in the local area.

Oh great, Brunner's here.....

JBrunner — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:35:07 GMT

Hi everybody. Did you actually think you could keep this hidden from me?

Tried to sign up a while back but things were still buggy, and I couldn't make it work. Dropped in this time and viola!!! And so here I am. Hope Robert lets me in.......:)

Hello from Scotland

DavidGillanders — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:25:17 GMT

Hi everyone,

It's great to find this site!!

I've not looked through in detail yet, but just wanted to say Hi, and add my support to the movement which is keeping the craft of photography alive.

I reluctantly jumped into digital image making 2 years ago due to winning a camera which could work in B&W, and struggling to afford film for my own work. I have become so bored with digital, and realised that there is absolutely no point in trying to make digital prints like photographs when I can simply shoot film and print the real deal. Thankfully my concerns throughout stopped me getting rid of my darkroom and for some months now I have been back doing what I love : - ))

I also think that my concerns about money in relation to film were somewhat ill conceived. In the digital world of laptops, CF cards, new cameras every 6 months which you must have to get closer to real neg size, hard drives etc, etc I've spent more than I ever would have on tri-x and x-tol.

It doesn't matter what paper/ink combination you use. It's still just ink on paper. It's lifeless, and so completely without soul that I now deeply regret every image I've taken with a digital camera.

The future is bright my friends the future is SILVER!!

Cheers

David

Hi from Australia

Michael Wynd — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:04:40 GMT

Hi guys. My name's Michael and I live in Geelong, Victoria. I'm currently using a Tachihara 8x10 and am working up to trying out carbon printing. I recently found out that a work colleague also uses a large format camera (Ebony 4x5) so I'll be pointing him at theis website too.

Mike

PS I wondered where you'd gone to after not seeing you on the APUG wbsite for so long Robert.

Hello From Colorado

Derek Lofgreen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:31:35 GMT

I just wanted to say hello to everyone. I know some of you from another site and look forward to getting to know the others here as well.

D.

Hello from Point Pelee

Toffle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:57:18 GMT

Hello folks;
This is my first post here. I have worked in the Arts all my life, but have only seriously taken up photography in the last decade. Right now, with May around the corner, I find myself in the only two months of the year that I am not intensely involved in musical theatre. Despite my hectic schedule, I manage to shoot a fair amount of film in any given week. I shoot primarily MF, using a Rolleiflex 3.5f and Bronica GS-1 (and occasionally a Holga... I couldn't resist) I do shoot a fair amount of 35mm on a Nikon N-80, for which I have a small stash of KM25 hidden in my freezer. I tend to shoot B&W about 10:1 over film, and tend to print about 10% of my images. I'm partial to printing my images in Caffenol, and have had some good results that way, even though I've been told it can't be done. (for me, that's a good enough reason to do it anyway :P )

I'm looking forward to interacting with more "traditional photographers" here on this forum. I hope you forgive my dumb questions... (I have lots...)

Cheers,
Tom, on Point Pelee, Canada
Check out my (humble) web presence at:
[url]http://tomoverton.images.googlepages.com/[/url]
(as always... under construction)

Hello from the beach...

Annie — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:40:37 GMT

Greetings All!

This seems like a pleasant place to plant my tripod...

I am on the wild west coast of Vancouver Island shooting the shoreline with various formats from 21/4 to 8x10... my preferred format is 7x11... printing in silver and platinum usually... but sometimes I do my own emulsions.

Cheers...Annie

Hello From New Mexico

JoeV — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:53:04 GMT

Greetings;

I've 'lurked' here for awhile, finally deciding to join your photographic fellowship. Many of the usernames I recognize from other forums.

I've been an amateur/hobbiest photographer for many years, and mainly focus on large format & pinhole photography with an emphasis on the silver gelatin darkroom. I also enjoy rangefinder cameras and 'adapted optics', like improvised lenses on Speed Graphics or box camera, etc.

I've been involved in other forums, and hope to remain focussed in this forum strictly on photography, hoping to not stray too far off the beaten path into pointless philosophical arguments, etc. I'll also promise to try and be less opinionated, at least on subjects non-photographic.

I look forward to enjoying learning from this group, and perhaps contributing a bit myself.

~Joe

Hi From Connecticut

mallard67 — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:31:22 GMT

Hello everyone! I found this site the other day while looking for film related material on the net. I've been into photography seriously for about 5 years now...learning all the time. I'm a hobbyist -- in fact my day job is working with computers and networking, so I get very tired of that kind of stuff quickly when I am not at work. My love of photography was finally realized when I was sent to Afghanistan with the military back in 2002-2003 (imagine that?) Needless to say, it has been my passion outside of my cubicle walls ever since.

I mainly shoot with an RB67 that i acquired recently, and a 35mm, mostly black and white film that i develop at home and traditional printing (I rent darkroom space periodically to print my work). I am starting to shoot some medium format chromes as well. My favorite subjects are details of vintage cars, nature, and portraits. I really try to capture a moment or mood in time, or a moment in times past.

Well, much luck to this site. I hope to share and learn here with all of you. I can already see the level of talent here, and I'm really glad to find people with similar interests.

Hi from the Aegean

IanG — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:47:27 GMT

Traditional photographer and industrial archaeologist, working almost exclusively with LF -5x4 & 10x8 as well as 6x17. After 20 years shooting industrial landscapes my work is shifting towards more traditional archaeological landscapes.

Also occasionally collect prints from internationally known artists, (inc Jorge).

Many names here are already familiar so hi :D

Ian

Hello from Castle Rock

davetravis — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:10:57 GMT

Hi all,

Just wanted to say hi and that I wish this site much success.

I do Ilfochromes almost exclusively, so maybe I can give advice when needed.

Take care.

Hi, from the bucolic Jersey Shore

cblkdog — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:28:07 GMT

Hi, might as well introduce myself. I'm 53 and have been in the darkroom since 8th grade, so thats somewhere around 40 years. I'd been doing my own b/w until the mid 80's and then got a job in a custom lab and never looked back. I learned color printing and all those other fun things you do in labs to save photographer's jobs. I ended up printing at a couple of labs in NYC and things where going nicely until I found out I'm diabetic 10 years ago. That slowed down the printing until I lost a leg 5 years ago. That ended it for awhile. Now I've just finished setting up a nice b/w darkroom and am trying to make some money at it again. Digital is interesting but I like the smell of acetic acid in the morning.

Hi: from 20mins north of boston

Lauren-sqjaw — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:42:54 GMT

I am just an old guy Who is now retired and is enjoying the photograhy all over again , Did have a freelance studio back in the 70's but like all of us, made a choice to have family responce ablity so I hung it up, Now am use-ing Dslr , But am doing B&W in 120mm or 5x4 also in B&W use foma,Kodak or Ilford, when I stopped doing foto work thats all I used was Ilford B&W and Kodak Color , I am hoping to get formal type guidence in use-ing 5x4's since it give's you greater control's of your final foto! IF there's someone in my neck of the woods that has time on their hands and wants to chat drop me a Note :

Hello, saludos from Gran Canaria - Spain

emiliohm — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:48:32 GMT

Just arrived to this great forum. Hope to learn a lot and share even more.

Kind regards ;)

Hi from NJ

craigh — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:14:58 GMT

Hi, i'm Craig from NJ. I do b&W & some color. I do not have any digital nor do I plan on getting any. I shoot MF & 35mm. I mostly shoot now with a Mamiya RB67 & Minolta SRT series.

Craig

Hello from Minnesota

Bertilsson — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:09:00 GMT

Hi there. Just ran across this web site. How long have you been here?

I hope to be able to participate here and learn some more about photography. I've been in it for about seven years, and did what most others did, moved from 35mm to medium format to large format and am currently as confused as I ought to be. I was thinking that each 'upgrade' would help me with quality of my photography but found that all formats are valid, and that each have their cutting edge of advantages over the others. So I embrace them all and try to grow in my art-making.

- Thomas

Hello from Southern California

Gary892 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:04:59 GMT

Hello, I live in the Anaheim area of Southern California. I have been involved in photography since 1960. I owned are operated a studio in Anaheim for 7 years before closing it. I now photograph becuase I like it and I don't need to make clients happy.

I currently use 4x5 and 12x20. I do own medium format but have not used them in years.

I am also on the other sites that most of us have been on one time or another.

My hope is, this site remains a source for quality information and free from personal agendas, although that may be too high of expectations.

Anyway, hello to all and I am glad to be here.

Howarya?

J.Q.Feesh — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:10:57 GMT

Hello everyone,

You may already know me from another forum (as Noblebeast). I decided to stop by here because it's nice to have another place to chat about film and paper and all those important things with like-minded folks.

Before anyone asks: J.Q. Feesh is sort of my nom de camera that I use to separate my photographic activities from my writing activities, and the results thereof. Since we're all friends here you can just call me Joe (to my face at least - what you call me behind my back is of no concern).

I work in Medium format and 35mm, mostly in B&W though I continue to be inspired by Robert's color work, which got me into loading my cameras up with color film (mostly chromes) ever since I first saw his terrific photos. I keep a lookout for scenes that cry out for color.

I'm happy to find so many familiar names among the membership here, and hope to contribute more than annoyance as I pick your brains for information and inspiration.

Joe

Hey...

Travis Nunn — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:01:01 GMT

I just realized I haven't introduced myself yet, so... Hey, how's it goin'?

I shoot MF with my main tools being a Mamiya RB67 and M645. When photographing wildlife, I have a Canon EOS 3 with an assortment of lenses.

I'll be at the Foto 3 conference in June, I hope to see a few of you guys there.

Cheers!

Hello from Scottsdale, Az

demi — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:11:49 GMT

Hello, my name is Gene (nickname is demi) and I am glad that I found this site; it is nice to find a place where hard work and passion for traditional film photography and alternative processes are alive and well.

Hello from The Mountains of NC PA

Brad Bireley — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:09:10 GMT

Hello everyone,

I found this site the other day & wanted to introduce myself. I'm from NC Pennsylvania. I just got back into film about 1.5 yrs. ago. I shoot from 35mm up to 4x5. Although I have not use the 4x5 much, but I plan to this year!

I have all of the darkroom equipment I need including a Durst Laborator 138s enlarger that I got for free from Lafayette College! But my problem is I do not have a space to set the darkroom up for now. Hopefully within the next year I will because we are selling our house & moving.

I look forward to learning from everyone here!

Brad

Hello from Southern California

allen — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:01:19 GMT

Hello, I am from Anaheim California. I enjoy shooting a Rollei sl66 and I also use a Nikkormat 35mm, Calumet 4X5 and other large and medium format cameras. I shoot only black and white film and have a small darkroom that I do my work in.
I am a traditional photographer in the sense that I only use film for all of my work.

Hello from Adelaide

Steve Nicholls — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:33:21 GMT

My interest in photography started when I was 8 and I processed my first film. I've been hooked ever since. I live in Adelaide Australia a city of about 1.2 million people. Large format is my passion as I have two 5x4 cameras and last count too many lenses. All fairly old but a lot of fun to use. In 2005 and again in 2006 I spent a most amazing time with Kevin Saitta and his family, just outside the Yosemite national park and got to see all -- well most -- of the images an Australian grows up with that are the stuff of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston legend. The internet is an amazing communication tool. Also in 2006 Robert was in Australia and I spent a great few days driving with him to the centre of Australia and "rough" camping.

Thanks for the site Robert.

Steve

Hi

jjc — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:03:31 GMT

Hello,

I’ve been a film guy all along, but my interest really escalated five years ago when I bought a used TLR. I love the color prints it gives me, and prefer the look of optical rather than scanned enlargements. This website shows great promise, so here I am.

I’m looking forward to the insights and interactions I know I’ll find here.

Best Regards,

JJC

G'Day (another Aussie from Melbourne)

Nige — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:12:48 GMT

Hi All,

Lots of familiar names and some new ones which is good!

I have only processed a couple of rolls and sheets of film in the last year or so but still have the desire to 'get back into it'. When, who knows... I don't really.

Went on a 14 week, 20,000km road trip last year which took up most of the year getting prepared and then getting back into the swing of things. Not going to work and the regular daily grind can be rather disruptive to ones mind! For my trip I went digital for a number of reasons but took a Mamiya 645 along and managed to expose 10 or so rolls of colour and a couple B&Ws. The nature of such a trip doesn't allow for too much mooching around with a camera in the manner I like. Still need to get the colour developed as my local E6 shop closed while I was away. Haven't found a replacement yet (not that I've been looking)

Looking forward to seeing the site develop.

regards, Nige

Greetings from Nova Scotia

Mark Layne — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:18:53 GMT

Not being overly fond of computers I was lucky enough to find this site. I live in Eastern Canada and am the retired ex proprietor of a printing business. I now keep from going to seed by providing foil stamping and embossing services for the graphic arts community.

I have been involved in traditional photography for 45 years and hope to get in a few more.

If any members wander out to Halifax at anytime I would enjoy getting together.

I will now find out if I am clicking the right buttons

Mark Layne

Hi all

Jorge Gasteazoro — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:43:06 GMT

Well, if you frequent forums you all know me. If you don't I am an alternative printing photographer living in Mexico. Glad to see a new site getting started.

Hello from Walnutport, pA

naturephoto1 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:10:38 GMT

Hi All,

Some of you may know me from a few other sites. ;)

I am a Fine Art Nature, Landscape, and Wildlife Phtographer. I am a photo and audioaholic.

Look forward to spending more time here and have conversations with friends old and new.

Rich

Hello from Boston, MA

JohnH — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:42:30 GMT

Hello all!

I have been on APUG from it's start and will hang around here too if you don't mind an old Photography Hobbyist.. When I have the time, I use a medium format Rolleiflex and sometimes a Tachihara 4X5. I also lurk about at QT's LF Photography forum.

Good luck to you Robert and I hope this works!

--John

Hello from New Jersey

Sanjay Sen — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:54:48 GMT

Hello!

I recently came across this site from someone's (George's?) signature line on APUG, and so signed up yesterday. Good to see a number of familiar names! Now I know what Robert has been up to the past few months - I've been missing his lovely color landscape images!

It is good to see another site dedicated to traditional photography - the more the merrier! :)

See you'll around....

Best wishes,
Sanjay

Hello from Cannock UK

Digiconvert — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:16:13 GMT

Hello , seasons greetings and Happy New Year.
great to be on another film based photo site. I shoot MF , 35mm and print both Colour and BW , not brilliantly but that's not the point. I enjoy photography and particularly the discipline that film based capture imposes.

Look forward to the growth of the site.

Hi from Victoria

PhotoBob — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:22:46 GMT

Hi everyone,
I'm in Victoria, British Columbia CANADA
Just found out about this site :)
I look forward to pursuing an interest in traditional imaging.

Finally made it in ...

gr82bart — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:54:08 GMT

Hi Folks,

It's Art here just saying hello. Thanks to Jorge for pointing me here. Nice job you've done so far Robert.

Speaking of which, I'll be at my brother's wedding in Hawaii in May. I'll have to look you up Robert and hang, if that's OK with you.

Regards, Art.

Greetings form Brisbane Australia

Craig Griffiths — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:03:51 GMT

G'day all.

I have recently found this site after looking at Robert's site and liked what I saw. Good to see Jorge here too, I love some of your work.

I shoot 4x5 and 8x10 primarily in Black and White at the moment but will be doing more colour once I set up my own processing via a jobo. It is extremely expensive to process colour here so that is my only alternative.

Look forward to learning heaps from you learned Gentlemen (and any ladies as well)

Thanks for the site Robert.

Craig Griffiths