Kevin

Interesting.

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!