Hi! New to LF in southwestern PA

[Winger]

I'm awaiting my first 4x5, so please be patient as I ask many stupid questions. I'm in Scottdale, PA, which is about an hour sorta southeast of Pittsburgh. Hello!

Bethe

[C. D. Keth]

It's good to have you. I grew up not far from there. There's lots of things to shoot if you look.

[Winger]

Thanks! I'm keeping my eyes open for subjects, but mostly trying to keep from getting lost so far. I moved here from MA about 3 weeks ago, where there were plenty of subjects as well as good places to buy film and supplies, so I'm adapting.

[Ralph Barker]

Welcome to the LF Forum, Bethe. And, there are no stupid questions, so ask away as things pop up.

[Macy]

Welcome!

[steve simmons]

Welcome. There are many resources for you to help you get started. There is this forum, there is the Free Articles section on the View Camera web site

www.viewcamera.com

and here is some suggested reading

User's Guide to the View Camera by Jim Stone
Large Format Nature Photography by Jack Dykinga
Using the View Camera that I wrote.

Try your local library

All/any of these will give you a lot of background knowledge about large format photography.

You ar also welcome to e-mail me with any questions. You can send me a Private Message though this forum. Just click on my name.

Good luck

steve simmons

[Winger]

Thank you all, especially Steve. Your book was already suggested by someone, too. I'm looking forward to the adventure.

[C. D. Keth]

Thank you all, especially Steve. Your book was already suggested by someone, too. I'm looking forward to the adventure.

If you like landscapes, Gettysburg is a nice place to explore and not too far. Altoona is an interesting old industrial town, as is Cumberland, MD. If you want some of the more pristine natural beauty in that area, drive north to Forest county and check out Cooke's Forest State Park. It's the only area of untouched forest east of the Mississippi River, I've been told.

[Andrew O'Neill]

I'm awaiting my first 4x5, so please be patient as I ask many stupid questions

Ask away! We all do...

[gene LaFord]

Hi ya Bethe!
Those of us up here in MA miss ya already.

gene