newbie to LF from Scotland

[Genfer]

Welcome from Geneva!
Rural Scottish Borders sounds beautyfull!

[mpirie]

Hi Chris, yes there are a few of us LF photographers in Scotland.

In my case, about 30 miles from Ullapool.

Mike

[gleaf]

Welcome and hello.

[William Whitaker]

Aye! Yeww brrring the malt, lad!

[Andrew O'Neill]

Nice Canadian accent, Will!

[Bill Suderman]

"Stuck in the rural Scottish Borders." Oh, such a hardship! Yes, it's a bit flatter there, but with the amount of precipitation you have, you enjoy green and wonderful lighting. Portraiture in that soft light is fantastic. Your Calumet will serve you well, I have and still use the gray version I bought in '64, I think it is part anvil. I lived for 2 years north of you back in the late '60's, Sandbank, just north of Dunoon. In '05, I took my wife on a 3 week trip carrying a 30 pound backpack with my 5x4 kit, made a circuit around Scotland, up into Orkney, down the east side and back to the Glasgow airport. That was in May, it's a little dryer then, but the heather was in bloom. BTW, outdoors "environmental" portraiture in and around all that history is exciting to think about.
Welcome to large format, you have begun a wonderful adventure.
Regards,
Bill

[ChrisFB]

First two 5x4 shot and processed. Taken in local old fashioned hardware shop. Happy to have proved camera light tight and processing technique.

[dasBlute]

awesome, you are on your way, with very good results!

We were in Dumfries for a day, and sunny 'twas!
-Tim

[Leszek Vogt]

Dogs, kitties and Volvos are coming down heya. Welcome to LF forum.

Les

[DKirk]

Welcome, I'm just outside Glasgow, or occasionally in Fife. Seems there's a few half decent prices on Symmar lenses on eBay just now. . .