Hello all,
I'm a hobby photographer from the North of the Netherlands. Beside of that I'm also interested in tech. But also old tech, I'm kindoff fascinated by what people pulled of with (simple) mechanical solutions. I can also do a bit of programming/scripting. And since I'm now almost a week on this platform, maybe it is time to introduce myself..
Mainly, pictures. Maybe this will change later. But for now, expect mainly me posting photos I made or other photo related things.
It feels a bit useless to take pictures and not share them. So sharing them gives an extra impulse to wanting to take more pictures and improve my photography, especially if people like them. So I hope that you will enjoy them. Have a look at some pictures I already posted if you want. And of course, follow me if you don´t want to miss future photos that I will post.
I have always enjoyed taking pictures. My first experience was when I was younger and sometimes got to use the camera of my father. Later when my parents bought a new camera I could use their old one. But after a while, when I didn´t know anything really to photograph, I wasn´t and still am not really a street photographer, my camera was collecting dust. During the lockdowns I decided to buy a new camera (Canon EOS M50), and go out to take photographs to handle the sitting at home because social life was not really existing.
This is also when I discovered that there is a lot more nature and beauty closeby than you image, but you have to look for it. I found nice places to go to. And that is something I guess also want to give to people: Explore your close surroundings, you don´t have to travel far to find nice places. Of course this may not apply everywhere. But for me, I lived 5 years in the city I live in now. And never went outside of it. But when I went biking, yes still Dutch, for a few minutes outside the city, I would already start to see nice places.
In the meantime I also acquired an old practica 35mm camera. This was to force myself to take some more time and thought into each picture I took with those. Also after trying it out, can also enjoy the creating the picture, and having to wait till you develop it before you see the result. This makes the reveal of the pictures a bit of a fun surprise.
So that brings me where I am now. And for now, I just mainly want to improve and try out different photography things. Test and try different styles.
I guess that will sum it up for now. I hope you this have got you interested and you will enjoy my pictures
Greetings,
Casting-Metal
