Large format shooters on deviant art

[George Kara]

I was just introduced to deviant art (deviantart.com) and think it is a wonderful sight. It is like the worlds' visual swap meet. There is everything from just learning draftsman types, to very skilled photographer/painters etc. It is great and there are a huge amount of people viewing and commenting every minute.

It would be great to have a group of LF people set up camp over there as well and introduce many of these vital and interested people to the sheer beauty of LF shooting. There are so many of you here that could really turn young and old people on to the magic of this wonderful craft.

Many of you are very skilled and would make a fantastic addition to this growing community. I contribute there but primarily as a painter. It is set up where you can exhibit whatever you are interested in posting of your work.

Check it out and tell me what you think.

George

[Sylvester Graham]

Hmmm, I think theres a fundamental difference between there and here. The average age of most posters.

Like it or not (and I'm not saying it can't change) LF tends to appeal more to middle to old age white men.

[Dr_Faustroll]

I'm not sure I can agree with you when you point to a tendency for LF to appeal mostly to the older crowd. I think there is actually a growing number of younger people finding their way to big film, particularly among members of groups like deviant art. I don't know if I can really get away with calling myself 'young' anymore - I'm turning 30 in a couple of weeks - but I have waded through the greater trend, and now that I have found my way to 8x10, I plan on never heading back. I think Deviant Art would be a great place to promote LF photography; once its members became familiar with the benefits and the beauty of the medium, it could certainly catch on with a good number of them.

[walter23]

Lots of people could probably be turned onto LF, not just middle aged old white men.

[Dave Wooten]

I am into LF and am only 61....

[Frank Petronio]

Who says we aren't deviants?

It is a fun site

[Tim Shawcross]

I upload stuff occasionaly to deviantart. Haven't posted anything there for a few months though. I'm 27, and I've noticed that while there are a lot younger people using the site, there are people in my age bracket (and older) as well. There is some great (though mostly digital) photography there, but also a lot of not so great stuff you have to sift through. Checking out the 'favourited' sections will give show the best stuff (generally). I have a mix of large format (most of my recent postings) and digital up. Only problem for me is that it can be additicve posting stuff - so I haven't always carefully veted the stuff I've posted. This has meant recently I've been going through my gallery trying to get rid of some the not so great shots that are in there. It's still an ongoing process

Tim

http://saxtim.deviantart.com

[domenico Foschi]

WHite men?
How did you get to that conclusion?

[Duane Polcou]

WHite men?
How did you get to that conclusion?

Really. What a racist, sexist, and dare I add, inaccurate comment.

In my experience, nearly all fellow LF photographers I have met are young Asian women, usually in pairs, in dire need of my mentoring skills.

But what is man, if not for his dreams?

[George Kara]

Duane - wake up - wake up. You are having a nightmare! :>