William Barnett-Lewis
25-May-2007, 22:05
So, then, hello!
I've been playing with LF for about 2 years now since a wonderful person gifted me with an Anniversary Speed Graphic (1942, all black & a US Navy provenence) with it's origional 127/4.7 Ektar. I recently added a Calumet CC-400 & a Symmar 135/5.6(235/12) and will be getting a Crown Graphic that I hope to add a Super Speed Graphic front standard to (all normal front movements) and perhaps later modify the back of. In LF I do mostly people shots, landscapes & urban environmental "landscapes". I've done a few handheld snapshots that are reasonable but most fall into the category of Dr. Johnson's dog on two legs... :eek: Still that's a genre I enjoy and I would like to get better at it. I have a (bad?) tendency towards a very Ansel Adams-ish modernism but I tend to be happy with that, so... (Yes, I still love "Examples" & "Portfolios" ;) )
I have no wet darkroom so I dunk and scan on a cheap flatbed at this point.
I have no dislike of digital (and enjoy the little monster on my cell phone :D ) but do prefer the esthetic experiance of working with film.
I was in IT for over 10 years & was burning out when laid off. That was a blessing. I was a stay-at-home dad for three years with my toddler son & a rangefinder camera or three learning a heck of a lot about composition on the run :eek: Sometimes the lessons were even positive ones...
Now I drive a semi and do my shooting when & where I can.
Thanks for reading this far; good luck & good light!
William
I've been playing with LF for about 2 years now since a wonderful person gifted me with an Anniversary Speed Graphic (1942, all black & a US Navy provenence) with it's origional 127/4.7 Ektar. I recently added a Calumet CC-400 & a Symmar 135/5.6(235/12) and will be getting a Crown Graphic that I hope to add a Super Speed Graphic front standard to (all normal front movements) and perhaps later modify the back of. In LF I do mostly people shots, landscapes & urban environmental "landscapes". I've done a few handheld snapshots that are reasonable but most fall into the category of Dr. Johnson's dog on two legs... :eek: Still that's a genre I enjoy and I would like to get better at it. I have a (bad?) tendency towards a very Ansel Adams-ish modernism but I tend to be happy with that, so... (Yes, I still love "Examples" & "Portfolios" ;) )
I have no wet darkroom so I dunk and scan on a cheap flatbed at this point.
I have no dislike of digital (and enjoy the little monster on my cell phone :D ) but do prefer the esthetic experiance of working with film.
I was in IT for over 10 years & was burning out when laid off. That was a blessing. I was a stay-at-home dad for three years with my toddler son & a rangefinder camera or three learning a heck of a lot about composition on the run :eek: Sometimes the lessons were even positive ones...
Now I drive a semi and do my shooting when & where I can.
Thanks for reading this far; good luck & good light!
William