regardless what you shoot. There are many people here who shoot film, some do both, and there are many who shoot digital.

Charles Hess, a moderator on this forum, is also a (jazz) musician. He also loves film, and is a real pro when it comes to his work. He shoots both film & digital, but there is nothing like his "film" street photography which happens to be my favorite. He can tell you more about himself.

I had a Canon Rebel 2000 and Elan7e which I loved. I sold the Elan when I purchased the Digital Rebel, but kept the Rebel 2000 because I still enjoy shooting film - my special love is b&w, Ilford Delta to be specific.

Thanks for choosing PR - you're somewhat familiar since you've been lurking, so I won't go into detail explaining the other forums.

It's great to have you on board.......

Liz



Quote Originally Posted by vince
I've been lurking here for a while now while looking for a good online photography communiy, decided to sign-up today. I can't seam to find anywhere right as I'm not like most of you guys. Anyway, I'm a young blues musician that feels very comfortable behind the shutter. I won't go into my story much but I hope to be here a long time as you guys seam to have more to offer than any other online community!

My name is Vince Cheney, I'm a blues musician from Mississippi. 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. I talked to several great photographers and was convinced into getting a Pentax K1000 (it's all I could afford). They tried to explain that I wasn't setling for anything, that this is a great snapper but I had my mind on the Canon Rebel. Today I wouldn't consider getting a new Canon to even back-up my Pentax. There is something about that loud snap when I hear the click, I know something special happened. I dail what I want. I got all yalls photoshop buttons on my camera dial, all I got to do is figure out how to recall them. I don't have undo, edit, crop and etc...

I have since tried the digital world and sold it all of for more film for my old Pentax. As I can't imagine the photography world changing so much in the last few years as to look at an image and no longer see the shot. Instead many just think of words like "it needs photoshop", "crop the black", "adjust the color" and etc. I love phototography but have no love for the digital camera market at all. I jsut can't feel the love. I was hoping to find a community of traditional, manual photographers online dedicated to each shot. It seams we are all gone. I feel old and I'm only 26. I'm still young and one day I might go digital, but man I can't leave this yet!

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. I hope I fit in well, as I'm a lot differnt than most of yall!
I got a website at http://thebluessite.com