BobFinn

I shot 20-30 weddings per year in the 80's-90's and used B&W for at least 50% as a niche thing in both 35mm and MF...I enjoyed the control of film development and much more the printing...I used ...

Administrator, would you please delete this entirely due to my mistake in originally posting it? The title, meant as whimsy, is provocative without the image, my bad, thank you for your consideration.

I'm in sync with the yellow cat...usually carry 24 OR 35, 50 and 135, 28 is just blah, especially the older ones that didn't close focus, just my .02...

I know Don and since my error was detected so quickly, errored it will have to stay but here is the image

As you can see one eases into this like easing into an opening parachute...we come from similar photographic backgrounds equipment wise, and the one thing I'd ask is...How much is the time worth ...

"...that mediocrity can pay to greatness..." I find that last part important too...

I can dig it!:-)

My bad, this is Tri-X and Plus-X, likely pushed

Originals photographed with Canon A2e's, 28-105 3.5-4-5, EZ 430 Flash, Tmax400 and 3200 and Agfapan25 printed on several papers, RC and Fiber...my favorite paper was something from the old ...

Thank you very much!

I'm putting together my first, and likely last , digital kit with a 5DsR, 6 or so fast primes, and the trinity of zooms...I'm a dinosaur and left 25 years ago so my newest camera was an EOS-1n of ...

Thank you for the kind words, L...I'm rusty after 2 decades but this camera is being very patient and encouraging me with it's instantaneous rewards...liking this digital stuff!!

Thank you so much for that! You are an inspiration and if your travels bring you to South Texas I'd be honored to be your photographic guide!...as Mark Twain so aptly quoted, "any man who is ...

Thank you, however my "greatest creativity" is waking up and not missing the entire bowl at this point...I have a heart transplant, titanium knees and shoulder, 2 plates in my skull and been ...

I picked one up last April having walked away from photography as a serious amateur over 20 years ago and it has been a blast!! i am so over my head it ain't even funny...I loathe computers ...

I'd say yes, ability, in and of itself, does decline with age, but artistic imagination and creativity may not or don't have to...I myself stay on a liberal drug regimen just to maintain my ...

I'll play, although being rather short, ugly and bad smelling, I prefer to stay behind the camera and upwind...I am retired and retread with a heart transplant and besides dying my hobbies are ...