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Mar 15, 2017 17:49:58   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
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Hi..............My name is Bill. After living most of my adult life in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in up state NY, I now live in the flat lands of Florida. My dad was a professional photographer during the 1930's and 40's so I did sort of grow up in a studio. Back then it was strictly black and white and the only editing tool was the skill of the photographer. I have enjoyed taking pictures over the years now am planning some photo safaris around the state. I love nature so tend to spend most of my energy attempting to capture mother nature at her best. Thanks for allowing me this opportunity to join your group!
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hi bill! welcome to the forum!

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Mar 15, 2017 18:11:40   #
mffox Loc: Avon, CT
 
Welcome, Bill. We are contemporaries, although I still abide in the frozenNortheast. Glad to have you with us.

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Mar 15, 2017 18:46:07   #
jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon
 
Welcome to the forum.

Jack

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Mar 15, 2017 18:50:35   #
PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place
 
Welcome to UHH Bill, glad you joined us.
Have fun, learn and enjoy the forum.

Don

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Mar 15, 2017 21:44:30   #
Greenbean Loc: Live in Sarasota Co., Florida
 
Thanks.....It's nice to know that I'm not the only adolescent in the group! I shot film for many years, actually wore out two 35 mm cameras. I guess that I find digital more convenient, plus I can check my results quickly and re-take if necessary. I do tend to appreciate the purest, though, I've actually started adding to my collection of vinyls again.

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Mar 15, 2017 21:54:13   #
DickC Loc: NE Washington state
 
Welcome to the forum!!!

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Mar 15, 2017 22:03:13   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Greenbean wrote:
Thanks.....It's nice to know that I'm not the only adolescent in the group! I shot film for many years, actually wore out two 35 mm cameras. I guess that I find digital more convenient, plus I can check my results quickly and re-take if necessary. I do tend to appreciate the purest, though, I've actually started adding to my collection of vinyls again.


I have allergies and asthma so my lungs are glad I'm not in a darkroom any more. And for one year of my teaching career I did 5 periods of Basic Photography. Retitled "The History and Practice of Photography" so I could teach with my History/Geography credential. It was my hobby and I only needed a few classes to add photo to my credential because I had taken so many classes as electives just for myself. They needed someone to teach the classes because the photo teacher had become an administrator so the principal got creative. Then after one year the district had major budget cuts, his new admin job got cut, he went back to teaching photography and I went to another school back to teaching History and Geography. Joke was on them, the federal "Enrichment" grant that paid for me to teach photo was attached to ME, not the slot. So when they cut me out of the class another school applied for and got the grant and I went with it as a package deal. I spent 4 years running the photo club waiting for the gutting and restoration of the main building where the photo lab was to teach photo again. Then I got caught in a Federal Court Order to "racially balance" the faculties of all schools, I ended up in East Los Angeles for the next 28 years at two schools that had no photo labs. The new up to date lab at the other school opened a semester after I left, and they couldn't find a photo teacher, the slot went to an Art Teacher who had to take photo classes nights and summers.

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Mar 16, 2017 06:41:18   #
Silverman Loc: Michigan
 
Greenbean wrote:
Hi..............My name is Bill. After living most of my adult life in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in up state NY, I now live in the flat lands of Florida. My dad was a professional photographer during the 1930's and 40's so I did sort of grow up in a studio. Back then it was strictly black and white and the only editing tool was the skill of the photographer. I have enjoyed taking pictures over the years but now am planning some photo safaris around the state. I love nature so tend to spend most of my energy attempting to capture mother nature at her best. Thanks for allowing me this opportunity to join your group!
Hi..............My name is Bill. After living most... (show quote)


Well, you are an inspiration to me. I am 66 and just recently bought my first DSLR, a Nikon D3300 with a kit lens, zoom lens, and a refurbished Nikon 35mm 1.8g prime lens. although I have dabbled in Photography for the last 30 years, now retired and have much more spare time to enjoy.

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Mar 17, 2017 16:22:09   #
Fifyboy Loc: Chicago, Illinois, USA
 
Welcome to UHH, Bill.
You will enjoy this fantastic group of people in the days to come!

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Mar 20, 2017 15:51:49   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
Welcome

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