jjdoyle
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Hi everyone,
I signed up last night and am looking forward to joining in the conversations here on TP. From the quick look round I've had so far, there seems to be a huge amount going on in just about every field of photography.
I'm 52, so not exactly young. I've had cameras since I was a teenager but only really used them on holiday etc until I was in my mid-40s when I started taking pictures for other people, rather than just for myself. I'm mainly interested in portraiture and within that the specialisation of music photography – although any performance photography is interesting to me. Although much of my photographic work is music related I do what comes along of course – needs must and all that. So, sometimes I swap the mosh pit for a conference. I added documentary photography to my profile more as an interest/aspiration than anything specific I've been personally involved with. I try where I can to use a documentary approach – my interest comes from a long-standing intrigue in those who use their pictures to tell stories well. I have nothing but admiration for those who compel themselves to find pictures in dangerous places.
I am nostalgic for film photography. I'd like to put my digital camera down for a year and just use film to see what happened but I doubt I could afford to do that in practice. But, I intent to use film much more this year than I have in the past. I went straight to the tradition photography threads when I signed up and was excited to see just how many TP members are using film. I'm looking forward to sharing the interest in that kind of photography with them.
I've been freelance most of my working life, doing various things related to books and publishing, as well as taking pictures in the last few years. At the moment I'm working on setting up an indie magazine (in print). I meet people in my work who I think would look good on the printed page and they have interesting stories to tell. There's never a good time to start something new and a print magazine is probably as stupid as the amount I spent a few years ago on my first proper digital SLR. But, nothing ventured etc ...
Looking forward to joining in with what goes on here in the coming weeks.
very best
Jonathan
I signed up last night and am looking forward to joining in the conversations here on TP. From the quick look round I've had so far, there seems to be a huge amount going on in just about every field of photography.
I'm 52, so not exactly young. I've had cameras since I was a teenager but only really used them on holiday etc until I was in my mid-40s when I started taking pictures for other people, rather than just for myself. I'm mainly interested in portraiture and within that the specialisation of music photography – although any performance photography is interesting to me. Although much of my photographic work is music related I do what comes along of course – needs must and all that. So, sometimes I swap the mosh pit for a conference. I added documentary photography to my profile more as an interest/aspiration than anything specific I've been personally involved with. I try where I can to use a documentary approach – my interest comes from a long-standing intrigue in those who use their pictures to tell stories well. I have nothing but admiration for those who compel themselves to find pictures in dangerous places.
I am nostalgic for film photography. I'd like to put my digital camera down for a year and just use film to see what happened but I doubt I could afford to do that in practice. But, I intent to use film much more this year than I have in the past. I went straight to the tradition photography threads when I signed up and was excited to see just how many TP members are using film. I'm looking forward to sharing the interest in that kind of photography with them.
I've been freelance most of my working life, doing various things related to books and publishing, as well as taking pictures in the last few years. At the moment I'm working on setting up an indie magazine (in print). I meet people in my work who I think would look good on the printed page and they have interesting stories to tell. There's never a good time to start something new and a print magazine is probably as stupid as the amount I spent a few years ago on my first proper digital SLR. But, nothing ventured etc ...
Looking forward to joining in with what goes on here in the coming weeks.
very best
Jonathan
