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So...back in the day, when I was but a wee little SOB in High School, I had a wonderful opportunity to get into photography.
One of the art teachers petitioned the High School for a B&W darkroom, and a photography curriculum...which he was granted. I IMMEDIATELY jumped at the chance to take the classes.
Being a photo student, I was able to package my own 35mm B&W film, process the negatives, and develope my own prints, at VERY little cost. I paid about $1 for a 36 exposure roll of Kodak ISO 400 B&W film. I would walk around town, and shoot about 5 rolls of film per day, 3-5 days a week. I also had the opportunity to develope B&W prints and negatives, and take B&W portraits in a local Studio to earn my way through high school.
After High School...I could no longer afford to shoot as much as I wanted to. It helped to focus on my exposures, and get it right the first time, but even with proper 18% grey exposures, commercial developement of film was less than acceptable. So...I sold off my camera(an Olympus OM-10 that was as old as I was), and stopped taking pictures.
I always wanted a digital SLR. I always thought that having access to a viewable memory card, and not paying per picture, would be awesome, but...I was never in a position to purchase one...
...Until today. I got my Federal Return in the mail today, and I immediately went online and ordered a new camera.
So...in the next 3 days or so, I should be getting an Olympus E-520 10mp DSLR with Zuiko 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm lenses, plus some "extras". It's been a long time since I've been able to get online and spend a cool grand on something I really wanted...so I spoiled myself.
So, hopefully, you guys will be able to put up with me posting a ton of random, crappy photographs while I figure this thing out!! I am so excited, I almost wet myself!!
One of the art teachers petitioned the High School for a B&W darkroom, and a photography curriculum...which he was granted. I IMMEDIATELY jumped at the chance to take the classes.
Being a photo student, I was able to package my own 35mm B&W film, process the negatives, and develope my own prints, at VERY little cost. I paid about $1 for a 36 exposure roll of Kodak ISO 400 B&W film. I would walk around town, and shoot about 5 rolls of film per day, 3-5 days a week. I also had the opportunity to develope B&W prints and negatives, and take B&W portraits in a local Studio to earn my way through high school.
After High School...I could no longer afford to shoot as much as I wanted to. It helped to focus on my exposures, and get it right the first time, but even with proper 18% grey exposures, commercial developement of film was less than acceptable. So...I sold off my camera(an Olympus OM-10 that was as old as I was), and stopped taking pictures.
I always wanted a digital SLR. I always thought that having access to a viewable memory card, and not paying per picture, would be awesome, but...I was never in a position to purchase one...
...Until today. I got my Federal Return in the mail today, and I immediately went online and ordered a new camera.
So...in the next 3 days or so, I should be getting an Olympus E-520 10mp DSLR with Zuiko 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm lenses, plus some "extras". It's been a long time since I've been able to get online and spend a cool grand on something I really wanted...so I spoiled myself.
So, hopefully, you guys will be able to put up with me posting a ton of random, crappy photographs while I figure this thing out!! I am so excited, I almost wet myself!!
