Our local photo club is now offically homeless - it was no longer a good idea to rent a permanent place since none of the facilities (studio, darkroom) were used a lot by the members. We auctioned off all the gear that was saleable and junked the rest.

In a sense it is a relief. Too much energy has - in my mind - been spent fighting a battle we simply could not win.

From now on we will focus on more important activities like: Showing and critiquing pictures, excursions,...

aolsson

I have around 8 rolls to develop. Trying to do 2 per day! My darkroom is occupied by the fridge right now, as we are renovating the kitchen.

Markok765

Well, I'm starting down the rabbit hole of wet-plate collodion. The first step was to take a course from Kerik Kouklis at his place outside Sacramento. That was a terrific experience- in the space of eight hours, I went from zero experience to having successfully made thirteen plates on black aluminum, clear glass, and black glass in both 5x7 and 8x10 plate sizes.

I came out of the class with a tremendous respect for the process and its practitioners both modern and historic, and...

TheFlyingCamera