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Y'all should check out and contribute to the "share your photos" topic that has been running for a few months now.
I made a meager living at it 40 years ago but took only family photos for a long time after that. Caught the passion again when I retired 10 years ago.
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robj144, the B&W, infrared film? Looks it to me..
I dabbled in that medium for a while. I got some amazing landscapes, all in print tho, nothing in jpeg. |
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My dad was a photographer in WWII, thus, I got the photography bug at an early age. In junior high school I learned how to work a Graflex 4x5 camera. In the subsequent years I acquired three 35 mm cameras and a collection of lenses. I eventually added 6x6 twin lens reflex to the group. I was just about to start a home darkroom when digital photography became popular. I started using the digital camera and found that I put hundreds of digital images onto CD-ROMS, only to let the CD's languish on a shelf. I also learned that I did not enjoy fooling with the computer after I made the images. Thus, my interest in photography has waned. I still look at my film cameras, three of which will operate without batteries, and think about using film again. However, the selection of emulsions has diminished along with places to get the film processed. The price of film has also increased a lot from the "good old days".
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Yep, always loved photography, along with keyboards and guitars....
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I have some special images, like a swim team diver who went off the high platform in near darkness while I popped off strobes with an open shutter, to combine 4-5 freeze frames into one image. Another was using infrared film through an IR filter over a strong flash to capture nighttime road race images without blinding the drivers. Mine were the only published images not shot from behind a passing car. Count me in there too. The last time my 35 mm gear was used was to shoot a friend's wedding, and they just had their 20th anniversary. Quote:
But after completing a twelve f-stop program, I'm feeling much better now. Having learned the life lesson about making your hobby into a job, I have never considered music as a profession. I have been paid to perform on numerous occasions, but had no delusions about making it my "real job". |
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I'd say the two are related in being creative, although one is visual and the other auditory. They're also related in the sense that one can get into the acquisition end of things or keep equipment to a minimum. At their heart, photography and guitar are solitary pursuits, although clearly they can each become a group activity if desired. Although some may disagree, I truly believe that digital technology has improved mainstream participation in each. Digital tuners were a godsend for many, including yours truly, and digital SLRs make the photographic process so much easier to practice and enjoy...
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The C330 is a good camera, for sure, btw. David
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As for "burn out", you've gotta' change things up every so often. I've been shooting with Canon gear and L Series lenses for years. I just bought a Fuji X100F for the trip my girlfriend and I are making to New York City today. It's got a fixed 23mm lens, so it dictates that I approach my photography a little differently. It drives creativity... |
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...or, limits creativity. BTDT
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Photography was the resume item that launched my tech career. In high school I worked as a darkroom technician and on occasion got with camera assignments for a magazine and newspaper company. When desktop publishing started I knew about pre-press and printing.
With what I knew about photography and the professional side, I got a job that used to be called program manager or Apple evangelist. I moved from managing an education channel sales program to proof of concept, demo and implementing cutting edge technologies for a list of targeted businesses or fortune 500 firms in the area. I have fun looking at what we take for granted now. In that job spanning late '89s and start of commercial Internet I was a Photoshop beta tester, Kodak digital camera back beta tester, and chuckle thinking about being a Newton beta tester compared to a modern mobile device. One that stands out was a demo we did moving early digital images from street corner in San Francisco to a major food and insurance firm. Two VPs at the food company said you'll never replace what we can do with our cameras and private jets. The jets and whole division of the company are gone now. Those early digital camera backs needed a SCSI hard drive. I had to insure the 2 megapixel cameras for something like $16,000 - $17,000 when shipping them to someone or somewhere else. The getting images across a wire is what started the now long-running career. The next step was Cisco, Microsoft and IBM certifications for the Internet and tech stuff we take for granted now. One of my kids will use an early 1950s camera I have but reality is pretty much now puts is in a world of computational photography more than ever.
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I keep wishing that someone would produce a digital film cassette for those old 35 mm cameras. It would be a lot of fun. But the $$$ are just not there. You would have to really think about aperture and shutter speed! |
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Fuji does a great job with their film simulations on the X series. I use them all the time on my X-T2. But I’m not sure if that’s the kind of thing you mean by “digital film cassette”. Sounds more like you want to use the old cameras? I get that but try a Fuji X with all the manual dials. Quite an enjoyable shooting experience.
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If I remember, I'll bring the subject up with a friend who designed all the digital stuff for Kodak back in the day,
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