Pete Askew
Admin
Hi All,
Came across the forum through Art of Sound (like a few others it seems). I have been taking photographs for almost as long as I can remember. In some ways it should have started with my first camera at about 14. But having expressed an interesting in getting a camera for Xmas, what I actually got was an Instamatic! Never did finish the film it came with (in fact I found it, complete with film, in my late mother's house earlier this year - must make up some dev. and see what I took)! A year later I bought a S/H Russian cine camera and that kept me involved for a few years. But eventually I switched to stills with a Nikon FE (still have it, well 2 actually, and despite owning an embarrassingly large number of other Nikon bodies, it's still my favorite - matched needle metering, what a wonderful idea). I now shoot both film and digital from 35mm / APS-C / FF SLR's and RF through medium format to 5x4. B&W film is my true passion especially on the larger formats and I find myself drawn more and more to alternative processes.
My main subject matter is portraiture and the built environment, especially when in decay and Potsdam in the former DDR is a fine source of material for this.
I'm looking forward to the forum exchanging ideas with you all.
Regards,
Pete
Came across the forum through Art of Sound (like a few others it seems). I have been taking photographs for almost as long as I can remember. In some ways it should have started with my first camera at about 14. But having expressed an interesting in getting a camera for Xmas, what I actually got was an Instamatic! Never did finish the film it came with (in fact I found it, complete with film, in my late mother's house earlier this year - must make up some dev. and see what I took)! A year later I bought a S/H Russian cine camera and that kept me involved for a few years. But eventually I switched to stills with a Nikon FE (still have it, well 2 actually, and despite owning an embarrassingly large number of other Nikon bodies, it's still my favorite - matched needle metering, what a wonderful idea). I now shoot both film and digital from 35mm / APS-C / FF SLR's and RF through medium format to 5x4. B&W film is my true passion especially on the larger formats and I find myself drawn more and more to alternative processes.
My main subject matter is portraiture and the built environment, especially when in decay and Potsdam in the former DDR is a fine source of material for this.
I'm looking forward to the forum exchanging ideas with you all.
Regards,
Pete
I have had nikons since I was 8 
