SoonerBJJ
01-30-2010, 11:31 PM
I'm relatively new to APUG and photography. I've been enjoying snapshots my whole life but didn't know the first thing about manual operation until I took the plunge a few months ago. I bought a Canon 50D and read everything I could get my hands on about exposure, composition, etc. I practiced and read until I had a good grasp on the technical and was beginning to develop the creative. But I have always been drawn to B&W film. My foray into B&W film was the Polaroid 600SE. I used the 50D for metering and shot a quantity of FP-3000B. I loved the meticulous process of shooting with that beast and the immediate gratification of a B&W instant print. Long story short... my technical interest extended to study of the Zone System and a desire for even greater control of my photography.
I recently sold the 600SE (sorry to see it go) and replaced it with an RB67 Pro SD. I've also dusted off my dad's Pentax K1000 and I've enrolled in a B&W darkroom class at the local Southwest School of Art in San Antonio. I'm only 2 weeks in but I think I'm hooked. I had originally planned to do my own negative development and then scan the negs. I purchased an Epson V700 for that very purpose. Now I'm thinking a small home darkroom to complement my new scanner. :)
As my handle might indicate, I'm a Sooner at heart and will be moving back to Oklahoma later this year.
I recently sold the 600SE (sorry to see it go) and replaced it with an RB67 Pro SD. I've also dusted off my dad's Pentax K1000 and I've enrolled in a B&W darkroom class at the local Southwest School of Art in San Antonio. I'm only 2 weeks in but I think I'm hooked. I had originally planned to do my own negative development and then scan the negs. I purchased an Epson V700 for that very purpose. Now I'm thinking a small home darkroom to complement my new scanner. :)
As my handle might indicate, I'm a Sooner at heart and will be moving back to Oklahoma later this year.