Many lurkers. Come out from behind those trees!

Good morning, guys;

Andrew, welcome to the USPNWRWOI&STBSJ forum. Nice way to get into film. I am impressed. My own start was with just a Yashica Lynx-1000 rangefinder 35mm camera. You will have no need to "upgrade" your equipment.

Robert, your Isuzu (Eee-swooo?)* Rodeo could use some more exercise. Take it out and let it run for a while. The 1991 Subaru Legacy station wagon here rolled 350,000 miles on it while on the way out to the airport on Tuesday morning two weeks ago in Portland. And, there have been several times when I have noticed that I was more involved in taking photographs of the scenes and places where I was instead of just enjoying being there. I am trying to make a more concerted effort to resist allowing my photographic interests turning my trips to visit places for enjoyment, into a photographic assignment.

Enjoy; Ralph, Latte Land, Washington

* That's OK, kid. I can't say "Shev-er-ray."

My dad was killed in a cessna 172. He was a flight instructor and lived aviation, he died for it too. He had a restored Bobcat and several others.

You want an intro? Okay, here goes.
I got my feet wet 25 years ago using a T90, which is just as well; if it'd been a sawzall I suppose I would have been electrocuted...
Studied photography at the UW for a year before I lost my funding, fell absolutely in love with darkroom work.
Since then my creative interest has oscillated between photography and playing the trumpet. As a result of a botched bit of brain surgery eight years ago I can no longer play the trumpet.
My usual format is 35mm, with only occasional forays into MF. Still shooting a T90; in recent years I've added a 645 Pro TL, 1V, an RTS-III and an XD-11, amongst others.

It's hard to say what kind of photography I prefer, as I've never been disciplined enough to stay to one path. I can say with certainty that I do not shoot sports, children or animals (my own cat excepted). I also don't photograph UFOs or movie stars. I enjoy nature walks, city walks, local tourism, and early mornings. I would like to venture into studio/product photography and the world of macro. And when I get my space ship working I'm going to go out and take some of the most awesome photos of Saturn that anybody's ever seen.

Ah, I see signatures don't exist here.

Fred Latchaw
Seattle

Good morning, Fred;

Welcome to the group, again. And, due in great part to your economic activity with Matt King, we may have a small USPNWRWOI&STBSoJ group gathering at Kenmore Camera, or across the street at the Tully's coffee shop, if Bob Donovan complains about us cluttering up his store. We will be watching to see when this will actually happen, but we do know that it is coming. I am trying to get Matt to encourage DancesWithClouds to come down also on that day.

Enjoy;

Ralph, Latte Land, Washington

Ralph,
I was just at Kenmore Camera a couple of days ago. I bought some Ilford paper and a few packs of chems for some darkroom work. It would be a possibility I could come to a gathering.

Dave

My 'economic activity'... We're not smuggling stuff across the border, he's bringing a camera over to avoid the usual three month delay when sending things by post. But yes, I'm game for a meeting. I'd rather make it in Tully's if there's going to be more than a few of us. I've been in KC when it was reasonably full of people; it's no joke trying to move around in there when there's 20 or more people standing around jabbering.

Good morning, Fred, et al;

The response to the idea of a small gathering at or near Kenmore Camera at 67th Avenue NE and NE 181st Street near the north end of Lake Washington northeast of Seattle is surprising. This could be fun. Now we need to wait until Fred and Matt reveal when they are really going to do it. The thought of needing to move across the street to Tully's Coffee at 67th Avenue NE and SR-522 (a very short block there) because of the possible number of people who may appear would be worthy of a report to the USPNWRWOI&StBSoJ. Let's see what happens.

If nothing else, we know that we have the longest group name of all of the groups and forums on APUG.

Enjoy;

Ralph, Latte Land, Washington

Sometimes there aren't a lot of free parking spaces at Kenmore Camera.

Good morning, Dave;

Yes, sir, that is true. The parking at Kenmore Camera is limited, but it is one of the better facilities in that realm of all of the camera shops in the Seattle area. Then we do have the very large shopping center just to the north across NE 181st Street, so if there really is a problem with the volume of people and vehicles coming to Bob Donovan's Kenmore Camera, it can be handled. Oh, it would be so nice to have that kind of a problem. At least we can suggest that the people coming to Kenmore Camera for this activity could park across the street to leave space for the normal shopping traffic at the store. Then there is the point that some of us could also be buying things while we are there.

Anyway, I did not select it as a venue for a gathering. This started out as a simple place for two APUG people to meet and make an exchange, and one of them would be able to see the toys at Kenmore Camera. When a few of us heard about the meeting, and the people involved, we asked if we could come also, and pointed out that there is the Tullys coffee shop right near by. It seems to be growing from there. I am not sure that we are really prepared for the success.

Enjoy;

Ralph, Latte Land, Washington

Morning all.
Looks like we have another member. That makes 113 in all. Another lurker in the the forest. Welcome, Andrew. Feel free to write or post anything on the site. Don't be shy like the many other purists out here.