Ah Yes B&W

[justaprogressive]

I was a member of the camera club in prep school (H.S.) We had a great dark room
loaded (40pics in a 36 frame case!) developed and printed our own film up to 16x20. I had a complete exhibit of my work
during graduation weekend. Every print was stolen. So that was with my dad's Minolta
SRT101. So the last time I touched an SLR was 1971, or 53 years ago....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Long ago and far away, you made your own prints! Wow! Good for you, my dear justaprogressive!

I'm sorry someone stole all your prints from your graduation submission . . . but you gotta give 'em props! They did have good taste!

These are just wonderful. Thank you for sharing them.

[justaprogressive]

3. haha yes thanks

clearly someone wanted to claim them for his own

The funny thing is I actually live near where I used to goto school...

most of my life I've been hundreds if not thousands of miles away...

I can go back and take pictures of the SAME THINGS

[yourout]

2. Still have my Pentax K1000.

[justaprogressive]

5. Nice Camera

[HAB911]

4. Minolta SRT101

My first 35mm and the camera I took all my DMZ photos with

https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/PHOTOS-BACK-TO-THE-1960S/DEMILITERIZED-ZONE-CIRCA-1970

[justaprogressive]

6. wow!

So my dad went to Japan and the store clerk got the conversion wrong and he walked out
with a $250 camera for 25 dollars

*notice I did not claim my father was honest.

[HAB911]

7. nice!

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Someone stole all your prints???

How awful!

I can see we will have a formidable competitor in the next DU photo contest! Those are great shots!

[justaprogressive]

11. thank you

and aren't you nice to say so...

[pansypoo53219]

9. had to take photography classes for my major at art school. if only i could figure out how to post them.

i had used my aunt's 35mm already. i miss playing w/ speeds for sure.

[justaprogressive]

12. This may be easier than you think...

depending on what the current status of these images is...if they're already digital
that's simply a matter of using a free image hosting service to enable your inserting them in a post...

[pansypoo53219]

19. well, digital file, but i am a luddite.

[justaprogressive]

20. Contrary to your belief you are in fact 75% home :)

Here's the service I use... imgbb.com.

Create an account, then create a folder to upload your images to...

click on upload, browse to find your images (maybe on a dvd?)

Quick video on how to upload images to imgbb...

[pansypoo53219]

23. ahh, sky files. oh dear.

[justaprogressive]

24. You seem worried. It's really alright, I have trained literally dozens of people

to get more out of their computers....however if it's a cell phone I'll happily give way to someone else.

How can I help?

Maybe some preliminary questions:

1) Are the photos on a disc, or are they on a device?

2) If they're on a device is it computer/tablet/cell phone, other?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Here's the link on how to post your photos!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103659987

[TeamProg]

10. My father loved his Minolta TLR, he thought Minolta and Nikon made the best lenses.. but he never owned a Leica. nt

[justaprogressive]

14. Actually Zeiss made the best lenses... :)

I believe that's what Hasselblads used...

https://en.photographymag.tn/who-makes-lenses-for-hasselblad/

[TeamProg]

15. Ah yes, of course. I was thinking Leicas used Zeiss. But no, Leica had their own lenses. Hasselblads are

great. Michael Kenna, Rolph Horn.. Excellent B+W prints.

I went from 35mm Canons / Nikons to 6x6cm Maimya TLR to 6x7cm Mamiya RB67 to 4x5" Linhof always processing my own film and enlargements over 10 years ago. Then moved to the mountains and never rebuilt a darkroom. Sold most all of my film gear. Now just recently to Nikon Z7II digital - so easy it feels like cheating.

My b+w favs: Ansel Adams, Roman Loranc, Michael Kenna, Sebastiao Salgado, Wynn Bolluck, Richard Garrod (a local Monterey guy). You?

I don't have any favorite color photographers..


Flat bed scan, yuck! Of 8x10" toned silver print from mid 2000's. "Old Coast Rd"


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[justaprogressive]

16. most impressive!

Ah didn't see the scan...beautiful! Redwoods right?

[TeamProg]

17. Yes, Redwoods in Big Sur. On Old Coast Rd which was used regularly before the famous Bixby Bridge was built. nt

[TeamProg]

18. Ever check out Roman Loranc's work? nt

[justaprogressive]

21. sorry, no

searching now...

PS actually had seen some of his work...

Have you seen the work of Rene Maltete?

[TeamProg]

22. Just did. He likes to tell stories with his camera, That's hard to do. I've always liked landscapes I think b/c it

brings nature into my house, without all the watering of house plants!