First Post

Hi everyone!

First of all, some background information: I am a 20 year old male, living in Pennsylvania. My hobby is film photography. I was using a digital point and shoot, and when it came time to "go bigger", I settled on film. Since the first "twing" of my Argus C3 Rangefinder on Kodak Colour film, I have been hooked. Less then a few weeks later, I decided to give my Argus more of a period look, and bought some Ilford Hp-5, and after that, I then found Freestlye photographic. Around this time I got my first SLR, a Pentax K-1000, thanks to the kindess of a fellow user at apug.org. Anyways, instead of talking about the cameras, I'd like to write more about what matters: The film.

Local processing costs for a roll of black and white is $8. With the amount of film I shoot, at the learning stage, one can imagine how costly that is. I'm at the point where I understand the basics of the Zone System, I'm visualizing the image I want to achieve and adjusting accordingly to that - that it's time for me to delve into the basics of the Dark Room.

So, Here I am - pictures to follow shortly.

Richard
PS. I first started using that humble point and shoot in December of 2009, but only started getting serious in Feb. of 2010.