About Me and Why I'm Here
Aug 17, 2017 14:59:20 #
gegjr
Loc: Indiana
Hi all,
First let me say I am very happy to join ypur group and I hope to be an asset as well as learn a thing or two.
I am located in Indianapolis, IN. I am from southern Indiana, Mt. Vernon. Please don't confuse it with North Vernon or Fortville (they have a Mt. Vernon High School).
I am married have 5 grandchildren between 18 and 5 years old. I am retired from the non-industrial quality assurance and quality control field.
I started in photography in my 40s, some 26 years ago. I started out using P&S equipment and eventually moved to TSLR and to SLR. My SLR vendor of choice has always been Minolta and now of course Sony. However, I do not consider myself an equipment snob. In other words I respect the choice of others to use whatever equipment they choose. I started with Minolta because when I purchased my first SLR it's what felt good in my hands and the controls felt natural. Of course that was the film days when there wasnt such a big emphasis on "what the camera does" other than being something to hold the film. I still occasionally shoot film because I like the discpline it evokes. My first digital cameras were the Sony Mavica and Olympus C5050 both of which I still have. I am not a pixel peeper. I hope that doesn't offend anyone I don't care if you are it's just my way of saying not to expect me to engage in topics like who has best low light sensitivity, etc.
I've had some formal education in general photography including film development as well as portrait photography.
I have worked for various national portrait studios where I learned to use medium format equipment and a massive Camerz long roll camera which shot 70mm film yielded a 6x9 cm negative. To change film we used a black bag and had to learn to change it without being able to see what we were doing. It was typically used for "school day" portraits. Also, for a short time I ran my own portrait and wedding studio. Now my primary photographic interest are wildlife, nature, and landscape photography.
First let me say I am very happy to join ypur group and I hope to be an asset as well as learn a thing or two.
I am located in Indianapolis, IN. I am from southern Indiana, Mt. Vernon. Please don't confuse it with North Vernon or Fortville (they have a Mt. Vernon High School).
I am married have 5 grandchildren between 18 and 5 years old. I am retired from the non-industrial quality assurance and quality control field.
I started in photography in my 40s, some 26 years ago. I started out using P&S equipment and eventually moved to TSLR and to SLR. My SLR vendor of choice has always been Minolta and now of course Sony. However, I do not consider myself an equipment snob. In other words I respect the choice of others to use whatever equipment they choose. I started with Minolta because when I purchased my first SLR it's what felt good in my hands and the controls felt natural. Of course that was the film days when there wasnt such a big emphasis on "what the camera does" other than being something to hold the film. I still occasionally shoot film because I like the discpline it evokes. My first digital cameras were the Sony Mavica and Olympus C5050 both of which I still have. I am not a pixel peeper. I hope that doesn't offend anyone I don't care if you are it's just my way of saying not to expect me to engage in topics like who has best low light sensitivity, etc.
I've had some formal education in general photography including film development as well as portrait photography.
I have worked for various national portrait studios where I learned to use medium format equipment and a massive Camerz long roll camera which shot 70mm film yielded a 6x9 cm negative. To change film we used a black bag and had to learn to change it without being able to see what we were doing. It was typically used for "school day" portraits. Also, for a short time I ran my own portrait and wedding studio. Now my primary photographic interest are wildlife, nature, and landscape photography.
Aug 17, 2017 15:06:03 #
Bill Paustian
Loc: Sun City, Az
Welcome
gegjr wrote:
Hi all, br First let me say I am very happy to joi... (show quote)
Aug 17, 2017 15:20:05 #
gegjr wrote:
Hi all, br First let me say I am very happy to joi... (show quote)
Welcome Greg to UHH. Your photo interests are the same as mine. I live in the Chicago Area and have the great asset Chicago Botanical Gardens and many Forest preserves.
Aug 17, 2017 15:29:25 #
Aug 17, 2017 15:33:32 #
gegjr
Loc: Indiana
PixelStan77 wrote:
Welcome Greg to UHH. Your photo interests are the same as mine. I live in the Chicago Area and have the great asset Chicago Botanical Gardens and many Forest preserves.
Thank you. We have something similar here, the grounds of Indianapolis Museum of Art, Holcomb Gardens on the Butler University campus and Garfield Gardens Conservatory.
Aug 17, 2017 16:01:24 #
WELCOME ! A lot of experience here. Most are willing to help. ENJOY THE Forum ! I started when I was eight years old, with an old box camera. Went to 35's, Medium Format(Blads) doing weddings, and then to Large Format. Now, my equipment is a Nikon Coolpix P7000, and a P900. What used to take up to four hours in my darkroom, I can accomplish in 30 mins. or so with PSE 15.
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Welcome to UHH. You have question, this is the place to be to get a real answer, not some kind of maybe answer.
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gegjr wrote:
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Good Morning! Welcome to the UHH.
Aug 18, 2017 07:00:25 #
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