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