I was born, raised and still live in the Detroit area and like most around here I have ties to the automotive world. I teach industrial robotics for the auto groups, aerospace and food and beverage. Photography to me is a way to release everyday stress and add a good sense of balance to my life.
Well, this thread seems like as good as any place to post this self shot from earlier this winter...
I am a BC'er (British Columbia, Canada) since birth so far. For some strange reason my folks kept moving us farther north in the province whilst I grew up. That was 28 years ago we ended up in the Peace River region in the NE of the province. Married with kids: 2 boys & 1 girl (the kids, my wife is a woman ), and after 10 years of working in the auto parts & service, and tire sales & service industry following school, I jumped across the counter and started driving big trucks in the oil & gas sector. Now I've moved up to also operating truck mounted pickers and mobile cranes, still in the oil & gas "greasepatch". Photography has always been a part of my life since pre-teen, but always just a fun hobby - not to serious - until the last several years, when I started working on getting serious about it. A ways to go on that goal still I think, but I'm having fun with it!
This I shot from the upper controls of a telescoping man basket (like you see on construction sites) about 50 feet up. I was transporting it on a lowbed trailer from a mine site, and wanted to try for a higher than usual vantage point of the valley alongside a highway pullout. Unfortunately the cold, wind and snow prevented any such view. Made for a neat shot I thought though, except I wish I had had wider glass to include more of the basket and truck & trailer. Are you afraid of heights?
I'm a new poster to this forum, but have been doing photography nearly all my adult life (mid 50's now). I used to do a lot of landscape and travel photography prior to marriage and family, but now most of my photography is shooting competitive dance (my daughter's been a competitive dancer for half of her 12 years). I have recently rekindled my interest in landscape and portraiture, and am looking forward to an eventual transition from my profession to my expensive hobby. To pay for my hobby, I'm an executive at a commuter railroad in Southern California.
David, We're you just checking out and making sure that lift was in good working order... I've often wondered how to get a better view and a bucket lift would sure do the job!
I don't know, mabye I got it wrong, but I was taught a year has 365 (or 366 every 4th year) days... not 355, so Alex will be celebrating his B-day in about 8 days...
well this woke me up while looking at the thread this morning..........just a question though ....don't you get friction burns when carrying all the camera gear ?!!!
.... well ummmm.... a "0" is a null character right? So that means it is equal to nothing so ummm... when adding it to a "1" you still have the "1" right So technically I was correct, I had used an invisible "0" since it means nothing anyway and I was just watching out for the bandwidth here for Fred so that the ummm, server didn't get overloaded....
Interesting reading about all of you. i'll add to. Hi, my name is Jake and i'm a photoholic.
i'm 31 years old, a high school history teacher living outside of Pittsburgh although i'm a Philly area native. i live with my girlfriend and two cats. i spend a good portion of each day thinking about photography and planning photo hunts. Every summer i travel throughout the American west, which is my passion. Photography as a hobby for me grew out of this passion. Through my camera i try to glorify the beauty of the west and show as many people as possible. It sucks being trapped here in the east, someday i'd like to relocate to Colorado so i can focus more on photography. i'm getting ready for the end of the school year and the day i pack my car full of gear and head to where the pavent ends somewhere in the rocky mountains.
^ Looks like we have two PA photog's posting back to back here.
Ironically enough, as much as I love photography, I hate having my photo taken. For the sake of pleasing my girlfriend, we took this self-portrait so she would have something to remember our vacation by.
Anyway, I'm Nick. I am 26 years old and am currently Marketing Manager in Philadelphia. I graduated from Penn State University two years ago with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. I have though about going back for my Master's, but I would like to travel a bit first before I head back into the classroom. Although I haven't posted many landscape photos on here, I am always on this forum for inspiration since I will be taking numerous West coast trips this upcoming summer. Photography has always been a part of my life ever since I was a little kid. I grew more interested in it about 10 years ago, and I haven't looked back since. I'm constantly learning and educating myself, since no one can no everything about photography - we're all constantly learning (especially from each other). Without further do, here is my mug.
I'm a chronic lurker, but I'll introduce myself anyway.
I'm a 30 year old single guy (with one dog) living just outside of Denali National Park in Alaska and enjoy a very uncomplicated life. I build hiking trails when the ground isn't frozen and do a lot of cross-country skiing when there is snow on the ground. Working half the year and making ends meet isn't as hard as you think it might be. If you cut out things like television and cell phones, that's a lot of money that you can put towards other stuff.
When I went digital, my photography really took off. I happy that my obsessive and expensive hobby will be paying off this summer with my first two public shows.
I'm a telephone lineman and on the side, I'm mainly a ladscape photographer dabbling in people photography, Macro photography, and recently met Lou Buscher ( on FM) who's getting me into nature and wildlife photography. I'm insanely addicted to this.
Zeph wrote:
David, We're you just checking out and making sure that lift was in good working order... I've often wondered how to get a better view and a bucket lift would sure do the job!
Yes, I wanted to see how wobbly it was sitting up on the trailer. They're usually fairly stable (relatively speaking) on solid ground, but 3 foot off the ground on suspension and tires might have been different. Wasn't so bad though, although I didn't swing too far off the side...
Dave 
That was 28 years ago we ended up in the Peace River region in the NE of the province. Married with kids: 2 boys & 1 girl (the kids, my wife is a woman 
), and after 10 years of working in the auto parts & service, and tire sales & service industry following school, I jumped across the counter and started driving big trucks in the oil & gas sector. Now I've moved up to also operating truck mounted pickers and mobile cranes, still in the oil & gas "greasepatch". Photography has always been a part of my life since pre-teen, but always just a fun hobby - not to serious - until the last several years, when I started working on getting serious about it. A ways to go on that goal still I think, but I'm having fun with it!
.... well ummmm.... a "0" is a null character right? So that means it is equal to nothing so ummm... when adding it to a "1" you still have the "1" right
