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film and darkroom user - being positive about the negative
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Welcome to the Film and Darkroom User Forum
FADU is the natural home for anyone with an interest in the use of film and
the darkroom, whether you are an amateur or professional. On FADU you can show
your work, exchange tips and techniques, and correspond with many like minded
individuals.
You'll find there's no shortage of things to get involved with, from the monthly
print exchanges, using the albums and gallery, attending photographic outings
and workshops, and much more. You will get to know lots of friendly
photographers along the way.
There's lots more planned, so join today (it's completely free!), and be a part
of one of the most enthusiastic photography communities on the internet.
FADU has been specifically created to cater for the film and darkroom user so
why not drop in and say ‘hello’ - you can be assured of a very warm welcome.
Best regards, Barry, Bob, Dave
& Neil..
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Getting the Best from the Forum
- Help on most items can be found in the FAQs section
here.
- Please use at least your first name as part of your log-in name when
registering. General registration information can be found
here.
- There are a few sensible rules that should be read
here.
- Please use the
Introductions thread and tell us a little about yourself.
- Once you have settled in do make use of our
Gallery and
Albums to show your work.
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FADU’s Monthly Print Exchange
Do you need a focus to make prints?
Would you like to show your work to others?
Would you like to see other member’s work?
Are you looking for help or inspiration?
If your answer to any of the above is "yes‟ you should consider joining our
Monthly Print Exchange.
Everyone is welcome – beginners and experts alike. Works of art and examples of
work in progress are all accepted.
The rounds are run on a month by month basis so you don‟t have to commit for
more than one month at a time. You can dip in and out of the rounds to suit your
needs.
If you decide to join you will make many new friends and see a wide range of
work in the comfort of your own home.
For further information and joining details please read this post and/or contact Tony Marlow.
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FADU Publicity Flyers
To help spread the word, we have produced a couple
of publicity flyers. It would be very helpful if you could post or place the flyer(s)
anywhere you feel they will achieve the desired effect. Suitable locations include:
- Colleges and educational establishments that run photography courses
- Photographic dealers
- Public notice boards (in libraries etc)
- Notice boards in places of work where a large number are employed
- Photographic Clubs or Societies
Or anywhere else, including web sites, where you feel the flyer would be read The
flyers (A4 and A5 size) are in printable PDF format. Please feel free make good
use of them and do let us hear of any successes you may have in
this forum thread.
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Starting a Thread – Quick Guide
New threads and participation in them are
the life-blood of this forum. Therefore it is very important to start a thread if
there is anything you want to discuss or find out about, although it’s worth using
the search facility to check old threads for information first. Whilst this
procedure is covered in the
Frequently Asked Questions section accessible from the tool bar, we thought
it worth emphasising here.
To encourage the creation of new threads we have put together this Quick Guide to
help you get started. You don't have to follow the guide but it will help you to
start a debate, discussion, or to seek an opinion or advice.
Guide to Starting a Thread
If you are starting from FADU’s Home page click on the Forum link
located on the toolbar immediately under the FADU logo or click on the FADU logo
at the top left of every page. You are now on the main Forum listing page
and can continue from here.
Slowly scroll down and note the various Forums appearing on the left hand side of
the screen. You will see they cover a wide range of topics. Choose which heading
best suits your topic. Let us say you want to start a thread on a medium format
camera query:
* Scroll down until you reach Cameras – medium format.
* Click on Cameras – medium format.
You have opened the Cameras – medium format section of the forum. At the top and
bottom (left-hand side) of the page you will see a button labelled New Thread.
Click on this New Thread button. The Post New Thread creation page
now appears
New Thread Entry: Enter a title for the new thread that you think best
describes your post in the Title text box. Move your cursor to the Message
text box, and type in your message. If you are not too comfortable with your typing
skills you may wish to first type your message in Notepad or a similar text editor
and then cut and paste it to this text box when you are happy with it. Example below:
If you pass your mouse cursor over the various icons in the text dialogue box, information
will be displayed explaining what they do, although for your first effort it is
perhaps a good idea not to get too ambitious.
Editing the text: Remember you can edit the text within 30mins of posting.
Message Finished: When you have finished your message, and are happy with
it, click on the Submit New Thread button, or if you wish to do so, click
the Preview Post button to see your message first. At that point you have
created a new thread!
Finally: Just one last point. Always open a new thread rather than add a
new subject to an existing thread to avoid confusing others. Hijacking threads is
considered rather rude.
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A Plea For The Use Of Pronounceable User Names
FADU has been created on the principal of encouraging friendly correspondence
with each other. We firmly believe that a meaningful user name that reflects
your real name will help us all to achieve this.
We therefore ask you to think a little before deciding on your user name. You
may be initially tempted to use something trendy, funny or eye catching.
However, with such a user name you are not exactly saying who you are and after
a while on the forum you may start to wish you had used something else.
When communicating on the forum it is easier to communicate with PaulC or
FayeW than Ilfordboy or Xtolgirl. We therefore advise that
your username should contain at least your first name: e.g. John35mm or
IRJean.
Established users may have entered a username that doesn’t follow these
guidelines. If so, and you wish to change your username, just contact one of the
administrators and they will be able to help you with a name change (you cannot
make this change yourself).
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FADU 2009 Exhibition (now closed)
To celebrate our first year of existence, and the pleasure afforded by the photographic
printing process, we arranged a public exhibition of the work of FADU Friends during
the month of October 2009. This exhibition, consisting of some forty Friends'
prints, was hung at The Castle in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
The adjacent slide-show contains photographs hung in the exhibition.
 We have published a book celebrating the exhibition which
is available for purchase in soft or hard cover versions from our book-store.
Please click on the book icon for a preview and the opportunity to purchase a copy.
If any of our FADU Friends can identify a suitable venue that has
available hanging space close to their homes we will attempt to mount the exhibition
in conjunction with our Friends there.
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