PureQuill Photo
2-Jan-2014, 16:31
Since this is an introduction forum a little about me.
I studied commercial photography from 1975 to 1976 @ PVTI in St Pete Fla. Graduated and received my 2 year cert.
I apprenticed witha PPA master photographer for another year. Then worked in a B& W “Custom” lab for 2 more years.
Soon discover that in commercial photography the clients didn’t care if you enjoy your work or found it satisfying.
Got burned out sold all my gear & didn’t touch a camera for a decade.
Fast forward 20 years. I moved from Fla. to Oregon got excited about shooting landscapes & started up again shooting 35mm RVP chromes & then got a Nikon D90.
As enjoyable as digital is it is not LF & I miss the LF process.
So here I am 30 years later & I am starting all over again as newbie.
While the basic principals & mechanics of LF have not changed, a whole lot has!
So my journey of LF rediscovery begins.
Started my darkroom with a nice Omega D5XL enlarger with the help from the nice folks here.
And now need to buy a 4X5 outfit.
So here I am eager to learn what is “new” in LF & hopefully share what knowledge that I have that is still pertinent.
Thanks
PQ
Below is a link to some of my images.
Some are digital captures others are digital scans of 35mm film.
http://pure-quill-photo.deviantart.com/
Pure Quill is an old New England expression meaning “The genuine article...the real thing, authentic, or not phony”
I studied commercial photography from 1975 to 1976 @ PVTI in St Pete Fla. Graduated and received my 2 year cert.
I apprenticed witha PPA master photographer for another year. Then worked in a B& W “Custom” lab for 2 more years.
Soon discover that in commercial photography the clients didn’t care if you enjoy your work or found it satisfying.
Got burned out sold all my gear & didn’t touch a camera for a decade.
Fast forward 20 years. I moved from Fla. to Oregon got excited about shooting landscapes & started up again shooting 35mm RVP chromes & then got a Nikon D90.
As enjoyable as digital is it is not LF & I miss the LF process.
So here I am 30 years later & I am starting all over again as newbie.
While the basic principals & mechanics of LF have not changed, a whole lot has!
So my journey of LF rediscovery begins.
Started my darkroom with a nice Omega D5XL enlarger with the help from the nice folks here.
And now need to buy a 4X5 outfit.
So here I am eager to learn what is “new” in LF & hopefully share what knowledge that I have that is still pertinent.
Thanks
PQ
Below is a link to some of my images.
Some are digital captures others are digital scans of 35mm film.
http://pure-quill-photo.deviantart.com/
Pure Quill is an old New England expression meaning “The genuine article...the real thing, authentic, or not phony”