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  1. Comment on Is anyone else here into film photography/cameras? in ~creative

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    It started for me as a hobby with an old 1960s Nikon F. I was taking general business courses in college and ended up taking a photography / darkroom class and loved it. Switched my major over to...

    It started for me as a hobby with an old 1960s Nikon F. I was taking general business courses in college and ended up taking a photography / darkroom class and loved it. Switched my major over to journalism and eventually ended up switching to an art school instead of college. Started freelancing while a student but also continued to pursue the art side of it. At this point I was shooting mostly with a Bronica SQA 6x6 as well as Rolliflex TLR, Omega 4x5 and a Nikon F2.

    I built up a nice book of corporate clients which gave me steady income and a variety of shooting scenarios (journalistic, portraits, architecture, annual report etc.). My biggest client was a book called the Apartment Rental Guide. About 3 days per week I'd pick up 10-12 rolls of film and a list of apartment complexes. I'd plan a route and drive to each one shooting 1 roll of exteriors trying to make some really crappy apartments look attractive! Once a month we'd do a 4x5 exterior or interior shot for the cover. And then the recession of the early 1990s hit and they decided to just buy some cameras for the sales team and let them shoot their own photos. Bye-bye went my biggest client. I found myself shooting more and more weddings, going from mainly M-F work to F-Sun work. After about a year of this I was just so burnt out on it and stopped shooting for myself and eventually ended up selling everything, including all of my darkroom equipment. I think the only film camera I still own is the Rolliflex TLR.

    I've started to get back into it and have a Fuji XT-2 that I recently bought after someone stole my Nikon DSLR and all it's lenses.

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  2. Comment on Let's discuss politics in ~talk

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    I added myself as well Economic Left/Right: -6.5 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

    I added myself as well

    Economic Left/Right: -6.5
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

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  3. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

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    Born and raised just outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

    Born and raised just outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

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  4. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

  5. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

    thesteve
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    So you're the one that got my username! :)

    So you're the one that got my username! :)

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  6. Comment on Introductions | June 2018 in ~talk

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    Hi - I'm @thesteve - 10+ years on Reddit as /u/jabberwonk. The constant shitposting and overused puns on every thread is getting overwhelming there, and combined with the rampant hate speech it...

    Hi - I'm @thesteve - 10+ years on Reddit as /u/jabberwonk. The constant shitposting and overused puns on every thread is getting overwhelming there, and combined with the rampant hate speech it was time to find a new home. I'm 51, married with one daughter, work as CTO for my company, and live on the east coast of the U.S. We're also big Disney fans and have a trip scheduled for Thanksgiving as a surprise for our daughter. This will be our 5th trip but the first one we're trying to do as a complete surprise.

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