Thread: Photography

I was just wondering if there are any photographers here. Professional or otherwise.

The only hobby I've ever stuck with is photography, and I spend a lot of time behind the camera... even if it is not my profession.
So I was wondering if more people share my hobby, to put it that way.

I shoot as a hobby. Mostly, I like architecture. I shot film in high school and switched to digital at college (no dark room access). I'm actually signed up to shoot a hockey tournament this weekned. The guy's providing the cameras (Canon 5D Mark II's at that), and I'm looking forward to it.

I worked as a pro until earlier this year. I still do a few things, but not as much as I did.

Rank amature, but I love photography:

Flickr: Jeremy Cove's Photostream

I have been in and out of photography since my early 20's and I really like. I quit for a while and I must say that I like it even better now. I am still shooting film and 4X5 at that. I do mostly landscapes but like to shoot people also.

I think once you shoot very much at all it changes what you see in everyday life.

Take Care,
Richard

I have shot since high school. Recently switched to digital. I prefer to shoot races, although from the fan side of the fence. Still great fun!

Lu

I enjoy shooting and some folks like what I capture.

I like tinkering with my cameras.

Pure amature, but have to keep trying.

Picasa Web Albums - Tomi

I dabbled in film for a while, but only enough to gain a weak understanding of what goes into an exposure.

I bought a Nikon D40 (the bottom end DSLR) about 3 years ago and found out shortly after that you can buy fast manual primes for cheap. I've been in manual mode, chimping without a light meter ever since. It's a fun and fast way to learn.

I think you guys will like this Craigslist find--it's what I've been tinkering with as of late:

Kodak DCS420c (welcome back to 1994). A 1.5 megapixel digital back on a Nikon N90s. No LCD screen. No menus. Besides the delete button, there is not one single digital control. Vitually zero image processing. It's just a big film camera that writes .tiffs onto a PCMIAA drive (I'm using a CF card & adapter).

The sensor is tiny. See the box on the mirror? That's the crop--2.6x baby! Colors are impossible to control if you don't put a hot mirror on the lens. It also can produce moire patterns like you wouldn't believe. And yet, this lack of filtering makes it wickedly sharp.