still having fun?

fun, always fun, and intellectually stimulating. i am so glad i returned to it as my key hobby.

if not for my daughter requesting i shoot my granddaughter in black and white ...
 
I'm enjoying it very much. To be honest it's my second hobby, the first is bicycling and I hope for it to stay that way for a long time due to its health benefits. I don't use the DSLR much now that I've discovered film, but it can be fun too and it got me started. I really enjoy taking photos with manual cameras and do enjoy developing. I'm not so fond of scanning but when I move in a few months I'll have room for a darkroom. The best part has to be the occasional good capture that really gets people's attention!
 
I'm still having fun with photography, If i wasn't you'd surely see all of my gear placed in the classifieds , though i will be placing stuff in the classifieds soon , I think I've found that the 35mm format is the format that works best for me so I'll have to list my med format stuff. I also still enjoy this stuff since its still "new" to me , and I hope that it will always be this much fun.
 
Definitely fun...

And just as fun on paid shoots as personal ones. I would not be having as much fun if it were just a hobby because I would not get to do it all the time like I do now and live the life I do because of photography.

Yesterday, I finished up a three day long commercial shoot in which I used my D700 & 500 C/M with cross processed E6, in the photo I am with the creative team, I am on the bottom. The other is from a helicopter flight, a great annual shoot as always.

It's more fun than ever...
 
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For the most part, yep, it is still fun, in fact at times more fun than any time previously!

But not so much today. I just ran across town to buy a black matte, only to get home and find that the white matte I had ready for the same project has it's window cut 1/4 inch too large! So now I need to cancel a meeting and run back to the art supply store and but another piece of $7 matte board. Grrrr.

But Wednesday, after I submit my contest entry I will be back in the zone. Especially since I get to spend that evening in the darkroom!
 
Fun, getting more fun as I get deeper into darkroom printing.

Last week, selenium toning, I wasn't prepared to see the dramatic differences :)
 
YES. Did a motorcycle trip to visit family over the Easter weekend. Photography played a large part. Hexar RF with CV21mm for colour, and an OM4 with 28mm for B+W. Fun.
 
Yup - still having fun. Tough to find the time to go out and shoot lately though...

The gear is fun as well - enjoying the Gf1... but desperately yearning for another M8. The current gear is fantastic, but i miss rangefinders.
 
Two days ago I had to drive down south with a couple of other people for a meeting, it was a really bad day.
Anyhow, on the way back driving through the country side as the sun was going down, it was just great shot after great shot. I was going along with my head out the window having a great time.

Photography is still fun for me.
 
Definitely yes! And even more lately while returning from the digital abyss to the film.. Not to forget the joy of "soaking" know-how and inspiration on a forum like this.
 
Having a wonderful time at the moment. Over Easter I stayed with friends at the coast, and the weather gave us dramatic skies, with enough gaps in the rain for shooting. I got to use my Hassy 500c/m, a borrowed SWC, and 4x5, so I now have a nice little pile of film to develop. Then I'll have even more fun in the darkroom making contacts and sorting out what is worth printing. Having my own darkroom has added a new dimension to my photography that was missing.
 
Still fun in general. Weather has not been up to much recently which has put the dampners on things (pun intended) and affected how much photography I've been doing.
 
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I did that last year. It's a radical change. At least I now know my prints will last one thousand years!
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Not only the permanence, but also the added contrast. It looked purple when wet, but it dried up nicely in neutral (if somewhat cold-ish) tone.

And, toning is fun because I can do it outside while enjoying (in this case) a nice Spring afternoon.
 
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