A Senior Newbie

photowriters · 11-03-2007, 17:43

I am a Nikon user and have been for almost 45 years. I have a full film based darkroom and finishing facilities where I can print up to 20x30 prints. I do some 6x6cm with Rollie equipment and 4x5 with a Toyo rail camera. Although I was trained as a photojournalist at the University of Missouri in Columbia, I was a military and commercial pilot before I retired.

I am in the middle of transitioning from film to digital, but I will hold on to my 35mm bodies and lenses for work that would be better shot on film. Although I have a fairly extensive film set up, I only have one Nikon digital SLR body, a couple wireless remote strobes and a single new technology, autofocus, zoom lens.

I really enjoy working in black and white and am partial to well composed images of people in their normal surroundings in picture story or documentry style as well as striking phstographs of landscapes in either color or black and white. My favorite photographers include W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstadt, Ansel Adams, A Aubrey Bodine, David Douglas Duncan, Steve McCurry, Jodi Cobb, Margaret Bourke-White, George Silk, Larry Burrows, Gordon Parks, Robert Capa, Yousf Karsh, Gordon Miji, Ralph Crane, Werner Bishof, Irving Penn, Elliot Erwitt, Sam Abell, Eugene Atget, Louis Hine, Cecil Beaton, and Jacob Riis.

Regards,
Bob Wilson

P-E · 11-03-2007, 18:15

Hi &

Charlotte · 11-03-2007, 18:39

Hi Bob

Welcome to pixalo!

Thanks for the blurb on your photgraphy background, very interesting, + I think you found the right place here

Hope you enjoy the transition from film to digital

***Dave*** · 11-03-2007, 19:00

Hi Bob & welcome to Pixalo

Great to have someone with your knowledge & experience on the site

**Sonsey** · 11-03-2007, 19:31

Nice intro Bob, it's good to have you at Pixalo!

WOODY · 11-03-2007, 20:08

HI BOB WELCOME TO PIXALO

JMitchell · 11-03-2007, 20:16

Welcome to Pixalo!

**stepheno** · 11-03-2007, 20:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by photowriters

I was a military and commercial pilot before I retired.

WOW - good to have you here Bob, with your experience. What military hardware did you fly?

**Angela** · 12-03-2007, 07:49

Hi Bob and

11-03-2007, 17:43	#1 (permalink)
photowriters New here Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kansas City Area Posts: 1	A Senior Newbie I am a Nikon user and have been for almost 45 years. I have a full film based darkroom and finishing facilities where I can print up to 20x30 prints. I do some 6x6cm with Rollie equipment and 4x5 with a Toyo rail camera. Although I was trained as a photojournalist at the University of Missouri in Columbia, I was a military and commercial pilot before I retired. I am in the middle of transitioning from film to digital, but I will hold on to my 35mm bodies and lenses for work that would be better shot on film. Although I have a fairly extensive film set up, I only have one Nikon digital SLR body, a couple wireless remote strobes and a single new technology, autofocus, zoom lens. I really enjoy working in black and white and am partial to well composed images of people in their normal surroundings in picture story or documentry style as well as striking phstographs of landscapes in either color or black and white. My favorite photographers include W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstadt, Ansel Adams, A Aubrey Bodine, David Douglas Duncan, Steve McCurry, Jodi Cobb, Margaret Bourke-White, George Silk, Larry Burrows, Gordon Parks, Robert Capa, Yousf Karsh, Gordon Miji, Ralph Crane, Werner Bishof, Irving Penn, Elliot Erwitt, Sam Abell, Eugene Atget, Louis Hine, Cecil Beaton, and Jacob Riis. Regards, Bob Wilson

11-03-2007, 18:15	#2 (permalink)
P-E Loves the place Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sheffield, S.Yorkshire UK Posts: 7,505	Re: A Senior Newbie Hi &

11-03-2007, 18:39	#3 (permalink)
Charlotte Loves the place Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Romsey, Hampshire Posts: 5,796	Re: A Senior Newbie Hi Bob Welcome to pixalo! Thanks for the blurb on your photgraphy background, very interesting, + I think you found the right place here Hope you enjoy the transition from film to digital

11-03-2007, 19:00	#4 (permalink)
*Dave* Pixalo Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,909	Re: A Senior Newbie Hi Bob & welcome to Pixalo Great to have someone with your knowledge & experience on the site

11-03-2007, 19:31	#5 (permalink)
Sonsey Pixalo Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 7,242	Re: A Senior Newbie Nice intro Bob, it's good to have you at Pixalo!

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WOODY PLEASE NOTE I TYPE USING CAPITALS DUE TO A DISABILTY THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ORPINGTON KENT Posts: 1,180	Re: A Senior Newbie HI BOB WELCOME TO PIXALO

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JMitchell Feet under the table Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London, England Posts: 3,520	Re: A Senior Newbie Welcome to Pixalo!

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