Nice...lol!!!

[Charles]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

I managed to drag myself to class most of the time. If I flunked out I would miss out on all of the fun. I was lucky enough to be in a dorm with some funny and creative guys. Most of us stuck together for three years. The guy who was supposed to keep us in line was the spitting image of Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. He would send his girlfriend up to people's rooms to tell them that they needed to put a towel under the door and turn the stereo down a notch in case the campus cops walked by. Now I vicariously enjoy the experience the boys are having.

Regards,

D-Ray

Don, I'm certainly glad that you enjoyed yourself and it worked out so well.

My brief collegiate career was nothing more than an exercise in self abuse. Although I did enjoy the photography course I took in lieu of ROTC. Just because they told me I couldn't.

The photography dep't. was so antiquated they were still using Speed Graphics...old view cameras with billows. Think of raccoon coats and fedora's with press cards in the brim.

I have to admit, if you were capable of taking a photo with one of them, and processing it in their darkroom, you had at least mastered the mechanics of photography. The old Graphics were so tedious I went out and bought a Pentax.

Chas

[d-ray657]

Originally Posted by Charles

Don, I'm certainly glad that you enjoyed yourself and it worked out so well.

My brief collegiate career was nothing more than an exercise in self abuse. Although I did enjoy the photography course I took in lieu of ROTC. Just because they told me I couldn't.

The photography dep't. was so antiquated they were still using Speed Graphics...old view cameras with billows. Think of raccoon coats and fedora's with press cards in the brim.

I have to admit, if you were capable of taking a photo with one of them, and processing it in their darkroom, you had at least mastered the mechanics of photography. The old Graphics were so tedious I went out and bought a Pentax.

Chas

So do you still do anything with the camera? With your eye for detail as a builder, I'll bet you would also have a good eye for composition. I always marvel at the ability some people have to visualize spaces.

I had some darkroom equipment for awhile, but didn't have a suitable room for it after we moved back to Norman. I was kinda busy for those three years anyway. Nowadays, I'm spoiled by the ease of digital.

Regards,

D-Ray

[Charles]

Originally Posted by d-ray657

So do you still do anything with the camera? With your eye for detail as a builder, I'll bet you would also have a good eye for composition. I always marvel at the ability some people have to visualize spaces.

I had some darkroom equipment for awhile, but didn't have a suitable room for it after we moved back to Norman. I was kinda busy for those three years anyway. Nowadays, I'm spoiled by the ease of digital.

Regards,

D-Ray

It's an on again off again proposition.

I sold my camera and darkroom equipment back in the 70's because I was only set up for B&W, and it took all day to make a dozen 8x10's. Never shot color because I was a purist, if I couldn't do all of my own work, I wouldn't do it at all.

After I got married my wife was always taking photos with some crap camera, everything turned out looking like you were viewing it through the bottom of a glass. So I picked up another Pentax and collected an assortment of lenses, filters, tripod, etc...everything you could possibly need.

I really got into the digital darkroom thing when it 1st came out. Had a Scan Man (remember those), had one room with the walls covered with photos, basically 8x10's, and several 16x20's as I'd purchased a medium format printer.

Then we moved to a digital camera. Don't do prints unless someone wants one, just store everything on a HD. Haven't used the film camera in years.

I guess I'm a crank. It was more enjoyable when I had to do things the hard way. Now, when I can just sit the camera in the dock and push one button, it bores me to tears.

No challenge, I guess.

Chas

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Charles

It's an on again off again proposition.

I sold my camera and darkroom equipment back in the 70's because I was only set up for B&W, and it took all day to make a dozen 8x10's. Never shot color because I was a purist, if I couldn't do all of my own work, I wouldn't do it at all.

After I got married my wife was always taking photos with some crap camera, everything turned out looking like you were viewing it through the bottom of a glass. So I picked up another Pentax and collected an assortment of lenses, filters, tripod, etc...everything you could possibly need.

I really got into the digital darkroom thing when it 1st came out. Had a Scan Man (remember those), had one room with the walls covered with photos, basically 8x10's, and several 16x20's as I'd purchased a medium format printer.

Then we moved to a digital camera. Don't do prints unless someone wants one, just store everything on a HD. Haven't used the film camera in years.

I guess I'm a crank. It was more enjoyable when I had to do things the hard way. Now, when I can just sit the camera in the dock and push one button, it bores me to tears.

No challenge, I guess.

Chas

crank, no
digital, took much of the artistry out of reproduction hence you lost interest, understandable