View Full Version : De-lurking the Midwest
light leak 07-14-2006, 04:36 PM Hello! My name is Jonathan and I live in Morris, IL. I am a programmer by day (some of my peers might argue that I'm an APUGger by day :D ) and a photographer whenever time allows. I shoot whatever catches my eye but, more times than not, I find myself in the woods gazing at the trees. For this I choose my Rolleiflex. Anything faster than a tree gets the EOS 1V. All of it gets printed on my Beseler 67.
For me, learning photography has been (and continues to be) a completely visual and subjective journey. I'm not into densitometers, sensitometers, paperometers, or filmographs. The experts here seem to have that covered. And so I lurk........
Derek Lofgreen 07-14-2006, 04:41 PM Hey, lurk on. I haven't learned as much about photography as I have here. Some times it makes my head spinn. Welcome.
D.
df cardwell 07-14-2006, 04:45 PM Trees are good. VERY good. And with a Rollei, even better.
Shooting only trees with a Rollei is like only playing Mozart on a piano.
Let's see some pictures !
d
billschwab 07-14-2006, 04:51 PM Welcome from another Mid-Westerner Jonathan...
What Don said...
Bill
Konical 07-14-2006, 05:37 PM Good Afternoon, Jonathan,
Welcome from southwestern Illinois.
Konical
Claire Senft 07-14-2006, 05:42 PM Mozart on the piano is alright with me.
CLAPhoto 07-14-2006, 05:46 PM Welcome from about 60 miles east of you.
b1ltr1te 07-14-2006, 06:04 PM Welcome from central Illinois. The trees around here taunt me :)
Hello from Algonquin ,IL.
Not only am I a tree hugger but I like dirt and rocks as well
Kevin
Dave Wooten 07-15-2006, 12:37 PM Welcome from central Illinois. The trees around here taunt me :)
Hey I know where Clinton is! I grew up in Decatur....
Dave in Vegas
Welcome from Minneapolis...
We need a conference!
BWGirl 07-15-2006, 01:07 PM Welcome to APUG!!! From your neighbor to the north! :)
roteague 07-15-2006, 01:21 PM Welcome Jonathan from Hawaii. Glad to have you online and glad you decided to introduce yourself.
ricksplace 07-16-2006, 08:19 AM Trees are good. VERY good. And with a Rollei, even better.
Shooting only trees with a Rollei is like only playing Mozart on a piano.
d
Welcome from Northern Ontario, Canada.
df cardwell -"only playing mozart on a Baldwin Grand."
unohuu 07-16-2006, 02:11 PM former Evanstonian living and working in Minneapolis. Hearty welcome!
anyte 07-16-2006, 05:10 PM Welcome, from one midwestern tree gazer to another. :)
emurray 07-17-2006, 05:46 PM We must be kindered spirits. I'm a lurker as well. Being a newbie, a lot of the questions I have are already answered and are only a search away. I'm from Indianapolis and also shoot with a rolleiflex (automat mx) and print on a beseler 67.
light leak 07-17-2006, 07:23 PM Thank you all for the warm welcome! It's good to be amongst friends.
...a lot of the questions I have are already answered and are only a search away....
Exactly! Everything I ever needed to know has already been covered here - and covered to the extent that I have nothing to add. But I have grown exponentially since lurking.
Trees are good. VERY good. And with a Rollei, even better.
Shooting only trees with a Rollei is like only playing Mozart on a piano.
Let's see some pictures !
I actually loaded some pictures the other day. Unfortunately, I was a victim of "The Great Server Debacle of 2006". That's kinda good though...my scans looked aweful! I'll try again soon.
BWGirl - You've got the best quote - puts a smile on my face every time I read it!
Jonathan
wheelygirl 08-09-2006, 06:48 PM post message
Hi everyone! I was born and raised in Chiago, but live in Tempe, Arizona for the past 30 :rolleyes: :o years! I introduced myself in another forum; however, I guess it "couldn't hoirt" to do it again: I was gifted my Minolta a few weeks ago, by my neighbor who I NEVER spoken to before--he simply placed this camera & its lenses, literally on my door-step!! :o :cool: And who says miracles don't happen!!?? I have dreamed of becoming an artistic photographer for quite along time. I guess the Universe heard me!
Also, I am about to begin my 2nd semester in earning my A. A.S. degree in Web technology, in about 2 weeks.
Sometime soon I will post my 'images' & details of them, too.
'Til next time . . .
ocj
wheelygirl 08-09-2006, 07:17 PM Ocj, again! Am I incorrect to believe that most -if not all, images within APUG are b/w? I ask because at this point my 'shooting' it is only color, thus far.
f/stopblues 08-09-2006, 07:52 PM Ocj, again! Am I incorrect to believe that most -if not all, images within APUG are b/w? I ask because at this point my 'shooting' it is only color, thus far.
There's both color and b&w, so long as it's film-based! I shoot 98% b&w myself, but I've seen plenty of color photography in the galleries.
I've been a lurker for quite a while as well, as evidenced by my whopping 4 posts since my join date of Oct. '05 :D I'm coming out of the shadows finally! Hello from Kansas City, MO.. seems a bit south of most people on this thread. I was born up in Rockford, IL though.
Take care!
anyte 08-10-2006, 03:07 PM Ocj, again! Am I incorrect to believe that most -if not all, images within APUG are b/w? I ask because at this point my 'shooting' it is only color, thus far.
Welcome to APUG.
Sometimes it seems that most people shoot and post b/w images but there's a significant number of color shooters here that post in the galleries. It would seem that those numbers have been increasing in the past couple months. I too shoot primarily color.
Mike A 08-10-2006, 04:23 PM Welcome from Brookfield Jonathan, I wish I could convince my wife to move to the beautifull little river town you live in.
Mike A
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