Hello from Bellingham!

Hi there, my name is Patrick and I am an amateur photographer living in Bellingham, a small municipality in north western Washington.

I have a background in writing, but am very unpracticed in visual arts and am in love with learning about them. I have been enjoying documenting moments in my life, mostly digitally, but have gotten into large format film from 35mm for the process, view camera control, and the post industrial-collapse feel of it.

I grew up in a Vancouver suburb, and it's definitely my most natural subject.

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This is a FilmLab "scan". Luckily I also like lomography..

Hopefully I'll have a full capture to optical print and scan process in place soon, my goal for this year. If anyone in the PNW has a darkroom, enlarger, and wants to print or shoot, please send me a note!

I have already taken much inspiration from this forum, looking forward to giving some small fraction back.

Patrick

Welcome! Bellingham has a great photographic history. Home of Beverly B. Dobbs and Galen Biery. And home of Picket House!

...post-industrial collapse ? You're in the right place and have lots to shoot. This is from the old waterfront area:

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The local boatyards are great locations to shoot also. Welcome to the LF Forum.

Welcome. You have reached your destination. Best LF forum on the web. Be sure to look through the home page; there is a load of info there on many pertinent subjects.

Appreciate the welcome everyone, and the photographers to check out.

I walk or ride by Pickett house daily. Always a bracing experience. I definitely have more cause to go to the Whatcom museum now. The local used bookstore has a remarkably deep photo section as well. And yes, the wooden fish boats at the harbour are all worthy subjects for sure. There's no shortage.

I desperately need to print, the negatives are stacking up..

Hi Patrick, welcome to the forum!

Hey Patrick!

Welcome to the forum! I am down in Seattle and have a darkroom if you are interested in printing. Crazy busy with work right now but I plan on getting back in the darkroom soon.

Doug

Thanks for the welcomes.

Doug, I'll pm you!

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