Hello from England, UK

[carl19]

Hi, I'm Carl and I live near Northwich in Cheshire, England.

I have been interested in photography since my childhood and my first camera was a 110 cartridge film format. I soon realised the limitations with these cameras so I started saving up to buy my first 35mm SLR which was a Pentax MX. I was about 17 years old at this stage and was still at college.

A few years on and I worked at a photographic store (about 4 years altogether) where I also learned how to process and print my own black & white films, which I still do today, although not as often as I would like to.

I switched over to Nikon in the early 1990's and over the years have built up a small collection of manual bodies and several 'ai' and 'ais' lenses, which I enjoy using to this day.

My main photographic interests are landscapes and architecture. I tend to shoot only in black & white nowadays and haven't used colour film for several years now.

Thank you for reading this.

Regards,
Carl.

[Peltigera]

Welcome, Carl, from Lincoln.

Wide range of interests and experience here. I am more interested in Zeiss and Voigtlander myself but share your interest in black and white landscape and architecture.

John

[carl19]

Thank you for the welcome John. I've spent many happy days in and around Lincoln - a lovely city for photography.

[grenouille]

Welcome Carl, no doubt, you will enjoy our friendly site.
I do quite a bit on B & W myself, but mostly on people and evants

Regards

Hye

[daveh]

Carl, welcome from the other end of the old County Palatine of Cheshire. We might not be Cheshire these days, but at least we have a CH postcode! Years and years ago I worked a few days at Pimblotts shipyard.

Dave.

[carl19]

Thank you very much Hye and Dave for the warm welcome, it's greatly appreciated.

Dave, the Wirral is a beautiful area. The last time I was around there was to visit Ness Botanic Gardens, a fabulous place.

[Deleted]

Welcome Carl. A new member with impeccable taste (Nikon).

Wayne

[mickeyobe]

Carl,

Welcome aboard.

I am sure you will enjoy the cruise.

Mickey

[Doug T.]

Hi Carl!

Greetings from the Southern Tier of New York State!
I'm sure you'll enjoy it here.

Doug

[carl19]

Wayne, Mickey and Doug - thank you all very much for welcoming me.

Wayne, it's always nice to come across another Nikon user.

[richl]

Hello, new people, new cameras, new ideas are always welcome.

[carl19]

May 29, 2012 16:40:18 GMT -5 richl said:

Hello, new people, new cameras, new ideas are always welcome.

Hi, thank you for the welcome.

[keith201]

Hi.
Welcome.

I was born and raised in Nottingham but have been a Kiwi now for 50 years. I learned photography in the '50s, my first camera was a Bessa II then when I went to 35mm a Voigtlander Vito II. I can still remembe the very first phot o I ever took , of my mum when I was about 4 yrs old, with my dad's Kodak Autographic Jnr No 1.

[daveh]

Keith, "I can still remembe rthe very first photo I ever took , of my mum when I was about 4 yrs old, with my dad's Kodak Autographic Jnr No 1.", was that a double first - were you their junior number one as well?

[carl19]

Jun 9, 2012 23:52:31 GMT -5 keith201 said:

Hi.
Welcome.

I was born and raised in Nottingham but have been a Kiwi now for 50 years. I learned photography in the '50s, my first camera was a Bessa II then when I went to 35mm a Voigtlander Vito II. I can still remembe the very first phot o I ever took , of my mum when I was about 4 yrs old, with my dad's Kodak Autographic Jnr No 1.

Hi Keith, thank you very much for the welcome.

Well you started photography at an earlier age than me, I think I was around 8 or 9 years old when I was given my first camera for Christmas which was a 110 format. I'm guessing my first pictures with it would have been of my parents, but I most probably took pictures of just about anything.