Quote Originally Posted by vince
I'm not like most of you guys. ...
well that's good. none of us are like each other either

Quote Originally Posted by vince
I started taking shots several years ago with point & shoot cameras, hoping one day I could afford a real camera so real photographers would stop laughing at me. ...
REAL photographers realize it's not the equipment, it's the photographer, and wouldn't laugh at you! i remember after college, i was so PO' i couldn't afford the "o" and the "r", and i needed to shoot some color. so i used some of that "free" seattle filmworks stuff. later, when i was a little more flush, i went to clone-a-chrome to get a ciba print, and the guy next to me started laughing when he saw the "seattle filmworks" logo on the slide... then when he saw the actual photograph, he was a considerably less snarky.

Quote Originally Posted by vince
I love phototography but have no love for the digital camera market at all. I jsut can't feel the love. ...
i understand what you're saying. i prefer to stay with film. but at times [like last night, photographing wayne braithwaite] i crave the immediacy of digital, but only once in awhile i might end up getting a digital SLR in the distant future just for freelance work to fit in with the "new" workflow, but right now the amount of freelance i get or even want to do doesn't warrant it. i've borrowed a digital a few times for freelance/semi-freelance and was happy with the results - LOVE the sepia setting!! but for my non-freelance, i stick with film. though a strictly film forum would at times be nice, i really do like to see other people's work, whether film or digital. for me, it's the image, not the method [unless you get into photoillustration, then it's a different thing.]


Quote Originally Posted by vince
Anyway I take a lot of shots capturing southern culture and etc. Maybe I'll be able to afford a scanner soon so I can post a few pics! I'm not near as good as most of you, but I do try to capture what I see. I love this site and this forum.
neat, i'll check out your site. i'm working on developing some holga photos from my recent trip to new orleans. the southern culture is a bit different there!

megan