Old fart relearning Photography

[Kvistgaard]

Welcome to the site from a slightly younger fart. I symphatise with your story, and hope with Pinholemaster that it will influence your photographic vision and expression.

[luvmydogs]

Welcome Terry. You will find that people are very ready and willing to answer questions and help here on Apug.

[Uhner]

Hello Terry, and a warm welcome from Norway.


Claes

[photogolf]

Another, another old fart here. Sorry to hear about all the tragedy that you have experienced. Keep your head up and enjoy APUG..a great forum to visit.

[Fintan]

Hello and welcome from Ireland

[ricksplace]

Welcome Terry. Ask any questions you want to. As Whitey said, this is a pretty amazing place.

[Bill Mitchell]

Terry, I'm certainly sorry to hear of your misfortunes.
You'll find that Photography has changed monumentally since your accident.
Film based photography is essentially a dying art, now almost exclusively practiced only by those of us who spent years of our lives learning (and sometimes perfecting) the technical aspect of the process.
Film is OUT -- Digital is IN, which in your case it may be a particularly good thing, because (like Polaroid of old) everything is instantaneous, and thus your short-term memory will be much less of a problem.
I will probably get fried for saying this, but I would suggest that you go with the flow and take up digital photography and forget about (sorry about the pun) conventional photography as you once knew it.

[markbarendt]

I admire your initiative, I only hope that I would have such resolve in similar circumstances.

Even without injury I try to write myself process notes to define my best practices. Someday it would be handy to put them in a pocketable book.

[Terry Again]

Thanks for the welcomes and kind words!! I hope that getting back into photography helps me get exercise walking and helps me to reduce the strong depression I have to deal with since then. I have a Friend in New Zealand that has had 2 strokes and can't use his Minolta SRT-100 camera and is sending to me!! I have a Minolta XG-1 that needs a repair of the film advance? And a new lens now my 14 year old son trashed it Big Time!! And where is the best place to buy film now and what is a good film to buy? My wife and I are both on SS disability and that money don't go far after a 725 mortage payment and all the other bills and food are done!! I wonder IF there's a person or persons that live about 70 miles from me that could be a friend to talk about cameras and maybe help me fix the XG-1??? Oh another problem I have now is Long posts and replies!! And spelling and construction of sentences and what not of the English/American!!

[Terry Again]

Hello and welcome from Ireland

I hope to visit Ireland some day and see IF I have any relatives there in any of the counties? My last name is Houlihan!!