Serindipity
I’ve loved photography since 1976. My brother bought me my first camera for my 21st, an Agfamatic 110 film camera. I went out snapping with it straight away then eagerly waited on results to come back from a mail order developer, I believe that was Agfa as well. The photos were terrible! So rather than throw the camera in a draw, (I think I did actually) and give up on photography, I saved up and bought a Fujica ST605 SLR. After a couple of rolls of Kodak colour film and a roll of Fujichrome transparencies I soon moved on to Ilford black and white and doing my own D&P. I had end to end Paterson equipment from enlarger to film drum and development trays, so these are my photographic roots. I’m telling you this because I still feel like a novice in photography, this photograph for instance was accidentally taken 1.33 stops under exposed and it took me half dozen photos before I realised! I’m always making silly mistakes like this, in this example the error was to my advantages as the under exposure gave the photo a painterly feel. This all said I’m sure I could feed back some knowledge to a newcomer, however it amazes me when I see people who openly state they interest in photography began 3 or 4 years ago advertise workshops and tutorials. I’d love to have a quarter of their confidence and if the truth were told in many cases half of their talent.
Serindipity
I’ve loved photography since 1976. My brother bought me my first camera for my 21st, an Agfamatic 110 film camera. I went out snapping with it straight away then eagerly waited on results to come back from a mail order developer, I believe that was Agfa as well. The photos were terrible! So rather than throw the camera in a draw, (I think I did actually) and give up on photography, I saved up and bought a Fujica ST605 SLR. After a couple of rolls of Kodak colour film and a roll of Fujichrome transparencies I soon moved on to Ilford black and white and doing my own D&P. I had end to end Paterson equipment from enlarger to film drum and development trays, so these are my photographic roots. I’m telling you this because I still feel like a novice in photography, this photograph for instance was accidentally taken 1.33 stops under exposed and it took me half dozen photos before I realised! I’m always making silly mistakes like this, in this example the error was to my advantages as the under exposure gave the photo a painterly feel. This all said I’m sure I could feed back some knowledge to a newcomer, however it amazes me when I see people who openly state they interest in photography began 3 or 4 years ago advertise workshops and tutorials. I’d love to have a quarter of their confidence and if the truth were told in many cases half of their talent.