Things are super interesting in my little personal photography bubble. Some really good things have happened in the past month or so, and a few not so good things.
The good:
I am now the owner of the following: Two White Lightning strobes (Ultra 1600, Ultra 1200), a softbox and beauty dish, two Beseler enlargers (Printmaker 35, 23CII XL), the required darkroom accessories (trays, timer, safelights), a Canon AE-1 Program with a few flashes and four lenses (for sale), a Gossen light meter, two decent tripods, a monopod, some gold letter stamping kit thing, and a backdrop kit. I'm not sure how much this would have cost me separately, but I got an obscenely good deal that I could not pass up.
I was also given a large bag full of approximately 150 rolls of assorted, frozen films... so I have finally set up a small, dedicated film fridge in the basement... well, film and beer.
The bad:
I have not been shooting enough, and I have NO clue where to even begin using the studio equipment I got. I'm hoping I can find someone I know to bribe with cash or film to show me how to do it, or at least the basics.
I would really, really like to find someone to be an assistant to or shoot under for a while. I'm short on inspiration, though I have a few ideas up my sleeve for the spring. I would also really like to start doing portraits, but I'm unsure where to start. I need to build a portfolio, and soon!
That's really all. Sorry for the rant! Hopefully I will have something more exciting next time!
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1 comments:
That's a lot of stuff.
In all seriousness, get rid of everything you don't need and get shooting again. That doesn't mean selling the stuff you're not using, just lock it away and forget you have it. Get back to 1 camera, 1 lens and just shoot.
get on it.
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