how old are we?

**WootSK** · 22-Jun-2012, 23:24

25 this year.
Started photography when I was 16 as an assistant for a local professional, it was a mixture of film and digital. Jumped to my first LF camera when I was 18.

Started photography with the mindset of earning so pocket money (it was a mistake as i ended up spending more than earning) as well as a chance to take the photo of the girl i like in my secondary school days. (utter failure as i don't have the guts to ask...)

Time changes and I am still into photography to take better photos of my family as well as a hobby to take some landscape, architecture, abstract and portrait photos.

**ImSoNegative** · 24-Jun-2012, 18:09

47 here, been shooting LF for about 6 years shoot mostlyy 8x10 now

**David Lobato** · 24-Jun-2012, 19:39

56 now. Started LF in 1987, like a fish into water. Made me wonder why I waited so long. The honeymoon with LF never ends, it's great every time I indulge in shooting sheet film.

**Winger** · 24-Jun-2012, 19:48

44 now. I started with 35mm at around age 10, didn't add MF until my early 30s, and LF about 5 years ago.

**John Kasaian** · 26-Jun-2012, 11:48

Older than the last time I saw this post, lol!

**Andrew O'Neill** · 31-Aug-2012, 13:01

49 today. Happy Birthday to me!

**Oren Grad** · 31-Aug-2012, 13:37

Originally Posted by Andrew O'Neill

49 today. Happy Birthday to me!

Happy birthday to you!

**Kevin J. Kolosky** · 31-Aug-2012, 13:46

The first time I shot large format was in the BAII class at Brooks Insitute of Photography in the spring of 1974. I even remember the camera. It was the cheapest Cambo that was made at the time, and I had purchased it used, along with a Kodak Commercial 200 something lens. I was too cheap to buy a Gitzo tripod so I used a Tiltall. Sekonic incident meter.
6 Film holders. Santa Barbara was expensive and I ended up quitting at Brooks and enlisting in the Navy which was the best thing I ever did because when I got out they paid for my complete college education!!

**Gudmundur Ingolfsson** · 31-Aug-2012, 18:10

We are getting too old ! At least I am ten years older than when this thread started !

**C. D. Keth** · 2-Sep-2012, 00:06

Originally Posted by Christopher D. Keth

Wow, this old thread just keep being dug up. I'm 23 now and have been shooting large formats for about 5 years now. I started when I was in film school (for cinematography) and saw all the photo major lugging those 4x5 monorails around. I got an old 5x7 from Jim Galli and made some terrible pictures with it. Then I sold that to get a 4x5 shen hao and made some so-so pictures with that - at least they were less awful than before. Then I sold the 4x5 thinking that large format was too expensive and wasn't keeping my interest well enough. What would you know, last fall I got the bug again and bought an 8x10. I just finished refurbishing that camera last week and will be shooting the big stuff shortly.

And here I am 3 years later downsizing back to 4x5.