I am getting into my cheerleader mode (just think Will Ferrell on SNL). I joined here in 2005. We have all thanked Tim and extolled the virtues of this site and his generousity on the Foliage Forum. Some of us have lamented its "hibernation" from Nov - August.
Late in 2005 or early 2006 (can't exactly remember), I approached Tim with the idea of this Vermont Photography Forum. I have been involved with photographers' forums since the early AOL days. Some are very good and educational, some are kind of places to go bitch, complain and flame "outsiders." The one I remember best was the old original Pro Board on the AOL forums. A large group of us became "buddies" there and some of us maintain "backchannel" e-mail relationships to this day. I met and have remained friends with a couple pro photographers and many others there. Sadly, it eventually died (partly AOL's fault, partly just natural attrition)
Anyway, I digress
. My vision here was to maybe generate some similar "chemistry" among the photographers who are regulars here, and maybe some who lurk and some who might be attracted to us. In order for that to work, we need to keep the lights on during the off months.Some thoughts:
Vermont Photography does not have to be about fall foliage
Vermont Photography does not have to be strictly about Vermont
Vermont Photography does not have to have "photography" as its "main" subject
Everyone who had any inkling of interest in photography is welcome here
I was pretty happy to have Brandtb join us here recently and put some philosophy out there. I hope we can have more of that and we can have an ongoing, robust dialog here. When its going, this is the first place I check when I log in. Let keep it going!!
For starters, how is everyone handling the foliage "hangover"? I have spent long hours at work "paying" for my 10 days in Vermont (and would do it again in a heartbeat). I have also spent long hours post-processing. It will soon be time to think about Turkeys and presents and lights. I can hopefully keep the creative fires stoked and turn my photography to some other subjects fitting of the season.
What kind of photographic and/or travel plans do you all have?
It'll handle 64bit, but not proficiently I'm sure. This is a stop-gap measure, I'd hoped to upgrade the whole computer in a year (to a lovely 6 core processor and LOTS of RAM!). 