New here, old everywhere else
Jul 21, 2019 12:36:55 #
danhughes
Loc: Champaign, Illinois
Got my first camera for Christmas when I was about 12, in the late 1950s.
Bought my first 35mm (a Petri 35) when I was in the Air Force. And my first SLR (Yashica TL-Electro-X) soon after.
Then I moved to a Yashicamat 124G twin-lens reflex and went into the wedding business. I shot a few dozen weddings in the 1970s, also did some newspaper photography and some passport photos. Later wrote a lot of magazine articles and shot my own photos to go with them.
I now do most of my shooting with the pocket camera I always carry; currently a Canon pc1589 (16 megapixels). My focus is more on humorous or interesting shots rather than on technically perfect photographs.
Here's a sample: a squirrel trying to keep cool on the hottest day of the year.
Bought my first 35mm (a Petri 35) when I was in the Air Force. And my first SLR (Yashica TL-Electro-X) soon after.
Then I moved to a Yashicamat 124G twin-lens reflex and went into the wedding business. I shot a few dozen weddings in the 1970s, also did some newspaper photography and some passport photos. Later wrote a lot of magazine articles and shot my own photos to go with them.
I now do most of my shooting with the pocket camera I always carry; currently a Canon pc1589 (16 megapixels). My focus is more on humorous or interesting shots rather than on technically perfect photographs.
Here's a sample: a squirrel trying to keep cool on the hottest day of the year.
Jul 21, 2019 12:44:00 #
danhughes wrote:
Got my first camera for Christmas when I was about... (show quote)
Dan, Welcome aboard with a great first post image
Jul 21, 2019 12:52:56 #
Jul 21, 2019 12:59:47 #
Dan, welcome to UHH. Looks like you're off to a great start.
--Bob
--Bob
danhughes wrote:
Got my first camera for Christmas when I was about... (show quote)
Jul 21, 2019 13:09:27 #
That is a humorous and interesting shot. Nice 
Welcome to UHH.
Welcome to UHH.Jul 21, 2019 13:12:29 #
Great first post! I expect you'll find many folks here with similar backgrounds. I hope you still have some of your old film gear - shooting film with digital post processing seems to have led many of us to a new appreciation of our old film rigs.
Andy
Andy
Jul 21, 2019 13:19:55 #
danhughes wrote:
Got my first camera for Christmas when I was about... (show quote)
Like your title and so true for many of us. Great shot.
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Jul 21, 2019 17:43:43 #
Welcome to UHH Dan. Nice Catch. He looks kinda like I felt yesterday and today with this heat.
Jul 21, 2019 20:37:39 #
Welcome aboard, You'll find some interesting characters here with all kinds of photography backgrounds and skills. Take a look at some of the sub categories.
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