Any LF Photographers in Northern CA (Santa Rosa area)?

[mossbloom]

Wonderful! Thanks!! I think he's on the cover of last week's local paper!

Al

[Kuzano]

Lenny,

Sorry if my rant appeared to cover all groups. I was primarily aiming at fairly generic camera clubs that try to cover the whole spectrum of photography... basically community grouped. I don't aim my comments at specialized groups. In fact I generally find Large Format groups the most accommodating of the "group" mentalities. Hope this clarifies my comments a bit.

I'm sure the OP will find very helpful information from the groups he has been referred to. I wish him the best of experiences.

[mossbloom]

I guess it's just a matter of shopping around. I have a good friend who's a member of the Palo Alto Camera Club, and loves it: great bunch of people. But he does most of his work with a group of six like-minded photographers, which is what I'm looking for. The real craft of photography (in my book) is found in wet-chemistry work--or in the least with film. I'm constantly amazed at how much interest there is in film in this digital age.

[Lenny Eiger]

Lenny,

Sorry if my rant appeared to cover all groups.

You sure don't have to apologize to me. I'm in agreement with you about those groups. Everyone with a cellphone is a "photographer" these days. Every image posted to Facebook, regardless of the medium, is a "photo." The world I grew up in has disappeared. It's pretty disconcerting. I don't want to hijack this thread somewhere else... just my 2 cents.

Lenny

[Alan Gales]

You sure don't have to apologize to me. I'm in agreement with you about those groups. Everyone with a cellphone is a "photographer" these days. Every image posted to Facebook, regardless of the medium, is a "photo." The world I grew up in has disappeared. It's pretty disconcerting. I don't want to hijack this thread somewhere else... just my 2 cents.

Lenny

Amen.