Who has hobbies other than photography?

[deadrangefinder76]

Photos & Art books, Music and a Drummer

 

[sojournerphoto]

I run a lot and cycle a bit - but they’re like music or play to me. I build bikes and, especially, bike wheels. I’m reading again - I was voracious when younger but work has got in the way of everything, so I’m disciplining myself to enjoy things🙂

Work is an interesting one - I enjoy my work both the intellectual challenge but also the human challenge of getting stuff done in a difficult culture. I’m quiet but there is a part of me that is pretty uncompromising and will push quietly and patiently until I get what I want done - good or bad? Not so sure but it keeps me engaged. I used to do sales and I think the ‘win high’ remains as a motivation😉

 

[AndersG]

For me there are the open source flight simulator FlightGear and books of different types, e.g. fantasy, archeaology, history and books on older aviation.

 

[aw614]

Car hobby, I need to start rebuilding my project car, all the stuff has been back from the machine shop, and Im getting anxious to drive it again.

 

[johnf04]

Camera repair, and genealogy.

 

[mtnbkr]

I have lots of hobbies, but I don't pursue them all at the same time.
Photography: Probably my oldest and most consistent hobby.
Amateur radio: relatively recent compared to the others. My main interest is summits on the air and parks on the air.
Guns: Love shooting, gunsmithing, collecting, studying, etc. Fascinating field with lots of niches to explore.
Slipjoint, aka grandpa knives: I just love an old school pocketknife.
Fishing: Saltwater, freshwater, bass, panfish, flyfishing, etc. Love it all. It's mostly a spring/summer activity.
Hunting: Don't do it so much anymore, but I love wandering the squirrel woods with a 410.
Reading: Is reading a hobby? I'm always working through a book or two.
Cycling: This one is on the back burner, but it's one of my oldest sports interests. Road and mountain for me.
Camping: Love being in the woods. I mostly camp in the winter in a hammock "hot tent" with a wood stove.
Hiking: This pairs up nicely with my photography and other hobbies. It's hobby glue. 🙂
Offroading with my 4x4: Also another "hobby glue" as I use it to support other hobbies, but it's also a hobby in of itself.

There are nearly as many temporary hobbies that I pursued for a couple years then abandonded. But these are the ones I'm still involved with in one form or another.

Chris

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I read a lot and collect books; right now I have more than 2000 books.

I collect pocket knives, a hobby my dad got my into when I was a young boy. I still have the first one he gave me.

I collect watches and have been learning to repair them. I've completely overhauled six watches so far and done minor repairs on a few more. I have a couple in progress now. You can read more about my watch repair hobby in this thread: Watch Repair.

 

[WoodallP]

I read a lot and collect books; right now I have more than 2000 books.

I collect pocket knives, a hobby my dad got my into when I was a young boy. I still have the first one he gave me.

I collect watches and have been learning to repair them. I've completely overhauled six watches so far and done minor repairs on a few more. I have a couple in progress now. You can read more about my watch repair hobby in this thread: Watch Repair.

Cats may not be a hobby but they eat into hobbyspace quite efficiently and are equally rewarding 😊 Or more!

 

[underlord]

For me the big two outside of photography and collecting and enjoying film rangefinder cameras are motorcycle touring and scootering. Actually, I'm off to a scooter rally tomorrow in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
Also big is general woodworking and in particular wood carving.



Celtic Flower Thing by Philip McAllister, on Flickr



21st Century Schizoid Man by Philip McAllister, on Flickr



Oak Carving in Lime by Philip McAllister, on Flickr

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Cats may not be a hobby but they eat into hobbyspace quite efficiently and are equally rewarding 😊 Or more!

I have only one cat, but he is demanding! Sneaky insists on me holding him like a baby several times a day while he sleeps. Only me; he doesn't let anyone else hold him or cuddle with him. Anyone else who tries to pick him up gets bitten!

 

[santino]

Nobody has mentioned beer yet (on a more serious note, not only drinking but home brewing 😉). Dogs and cats are hobbies too, but you have to be serious about them.

Obviously watches and cameras go hand in hand!

 

[Wenge]

Have built scale models since age 5. In summer where I live now, I do airplanes in the humidity, otherwise classic autos due to the glossy body paint jobs demanding dry air.
Photography closeups during steps help find and point to paint & detail errors I make (unseen by naked eye) so I can fix/improve the tiny fine details. B-17G 1:48 scale=current build (~70% complete).

 

[d__b]

Photography is definitely the top hobby, followed by

- Travel
- Video games
- Cinema
- Books

 

[dexdog]

building furniture/wood working. I built the dining room table and chairs that is seen in a number of my indoor OOF comparison pics

 

[maddoc]

Mountain hiking. I like to be in nature and get out of the crowded city. At least 2 times a month I hike some local mountains, except for the hottest summer months, when temperatures reach up to 40 degrees C.
40 yrs ago it was flying small aircraft, C172, C150, J3C, and some other planes including glider planes and Ultralight planes. Eye-sight problems brought this to an end, unfortunately.

 

[peterm1]

Wow what an incredible range of hobbies that people here follow now or have followed in the past. I am impressed.

I too have been through quite a few hobbies and pastimes over the years but for the most part have followed them serially rather than at the same time - as someone who grew up in rural SA where such pursuits were normal back then, hunting, shooting, fishing of course when I was a youngster; for a time, building muzzle loading rifles and using them for hunting occasionally and mostly for target shooting; scuba diving; sailing; travelling of course and more recently, as I indicated earlier, iaido as a marshal art and then building / repairing these sword components. The only other hobby, if I can call it that, that has stuck with me through the years has been reading - especially on subjects like history which has been an abiding interest.

I have often wondered at the fact that my work life has pretty much been consumed by office work involving intellectual pursuits and that perhaps this is why I felt mostly to be drawn to hobbies in my private life that were either more physical in nature or relied upon manual skills such as wood working and metal working. Sometimes, these hobbies fell by the wayside because my life circumstances changed and sometimes, I simply grew out of them or just found I reached a point where I had achieved a certain competency and then eventually found that the attraction somehow waned. I suspect others here may be similar in that regard.

 

[peterm1]

Horology. I am interested in how mechanical watches work and I am also interested in history of Swiss watchmakers between 1920s to late 1970s.

I can kind of relate to that although I have resisted being drawn in to collecting watches. But before he died, my father gave me his personal watch - a solid rose gold International Watch Company watch from IWC Schaffhausen. It is gorgeous but I hardly dare wear it, it being so special. Also being an older watch it is without seals and hence is prone to ingress of all kinds of junk so I preserve it for "best" wear.

 

[peterm1]

Horology. I am interested in how mechanical watches work and I am also interested in history of Swiss watchmakers between 1920s to late 1970s.

I can kind of relate to that although I have resisted being drawn in to collecting watches. But before he died, my father gave me his personal watch - a solid rose gold International Watch Company watch from IWC Schaffhausen. It is gorgeous but I hardly dare wear it, it being so special. Also being an older watch it is without seals and hence is prone to ingress of all kinds of junk so I preserve it for "best" wear.


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the call of the mountain.... in every version.....
and I passed it on to my eldest son

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Beautiful.

 

[peterm1]

For me the big two outside of photography and collecting and enjoying film rangefinder cameras are motorcycle touring and scootering. Actually, I'm off to a scooter rally tomorrow in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
Also big is general woodworking and in particular wood carving.


Celtic Flower Thing by Philip McAllister, on Flickr


21st Century Schizoid Man by Philip McAllister, on Flickr


Oak Carving in Lime by Philip McAllister, on Flickr

Remarkable work! Well done.

 

[Tuna]

Bonsai. I have a few starters that are showing signs of success (1-5 years old). I also have three other bonsai that have matured from starters in my care and continue to give me much joy - they are 22 years old, 15 years old and 10 years old respectively.

Similar to my cameras, as I get older I am stressed about who will inherit my bonsai and worry that they will not be cared for as I have cared for them…