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Greetings from Lancashire
Good morning all. There a quite a few names here that I recognise from other places on the old interweb.
My name is Lee Turner and I'm currently living in Rossendale, Lancashire - a dark satanic mills type of place with the incongruity of having an artificial ski slope for the past 30+ years. I started again with photography around 10 years ago when visiting interesting places around the world under the guise of being a professional musician. With the help of several people who are now members of this forum I started to develop my darkroom skills around 5 years ago and now optimistically class myself as an advanced novice. My cameras range from 35mm through to LF and I have a relatively usable darkroom. Unfortunately for the past year or so I've had to take a hiatus from photography. I tend to spend a few days a week in London as part of the job and the weekend is taken up by 8 and 10 year old daughters. Anyway enough of the waffle. It's time to dust off the gear (and the cameras) and get cracking again. A few major changes and landmarks are causing a rethink of my leisure time - on Friday 13th this week I hit 50 years old and my company is in the process of making major redundancies. It's time to re-balance my life and slow down a bit. I find photography the perfect vehicle for this. A lot of the enjoyment comes from the comtemplative times spent walking and then waiting for a good photograph and the mind is kept active by technical bits. I hope to make this a regular, though less winded, visit and appreciate the time you have taken to set this forum up. Regards Lee Turner |
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Hi Lee and welcome. I hope this site helps the process of slowing down. I totally agree with you in that photography is the perfect vehicle for a re-balance on life. The idea of re-focusing is a useful analogy.
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Hi Lee and welcome. I know Rossendale - I grew up in Bury...
Look forward to hearing of your progress and seeing some images. Peter |
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Hi Lee, welcome to FADU, enjoy the slowing down and the renewed interest in photography. Will you make it to the forthcoming FADU weekend in the Lake District?
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Thank you all for the welcome. Les, I'd love to make it but will have to see if I'm going to be a victim of the company restructuring! I'll know by the end of the month.
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Hi Lee and warm welcome to fadu, From Jersey, Photography can be a gret way to slow down, Richard
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Hi Lee and welcome to FADU. 50 is a good time to look at things and to make some adjustments to one's lifestyle. Photography will help I am sure and you will find plenty of like-minded folks here to share it with :-) Best of luck with the restructuring and I hope it works your way.
Neil
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Welcome aboard Lee.
Ah, fifty... I remember 50 as if it was only a couple of years ago! Oh, hang on... It was a couple of years ago... Sorry: it's started again... Have fun, Bob. |
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Welcome Lee, have fun here.
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Cheers, Barry |
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Hi Lee
You can stop dusting now I can't see the screen. Good luck with the future.
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