Tim Mimpriss
New member
Hi,
I am an inveterate lurker and a very occasional contributor, but Asher has persuaded me to be more active, so here is a belated introduction.
Born in the south of England, I have worked in Wales as an anaesthetist (anesthesiologist) and am now retired. At the age of nine I developed my first film (orthochromatic) under a safelight by see-sawing through a dish of developer. I have taken snapshots over the years, but it was only upon retirement that took up photography seriously. I have dabbled with LF and MF but now have a Leica M system comprising M8, M6, M7 and lenses of 28mm, 35mm and 50mm focal length.
I enjoy simple gear which puts the onus on the photographer to deliver the goods: and in this respect the Leica is excellent; and I am increasingly attracted to film again, more for the aesthetics of capturing the image. Grain can be an advantage: it is to my eye more acceptable than the plastic smoothness with which digital capture renders very high spatial frequencies.
Now I need to develop a competent artistic eye, to lift my work above the merely mundane. So I hope to learn from the many very talented people who contribute to these forums.
Tim Mimpriss
I am an inveterate lurker and a very occasional contributor, but Asher has persuaded me to be more active, so here is a belated introduction.
Born in the south of England, I have worked in Wales as an anaesthetist (anesthesiologist) and am now retired. At the age of nine I developed my first film (orthochromatic) under a safelight by see-sawing through a dish of developer. I have taken snapshots over the years, but it was only upon retirement that took up photography seriously. I have dabbled with LF and MF but now have a Leica M system comprising M8, M6, M7 and lenses of 28mm, 35mm and 50mm focal length.
I enjoy simple gear which puts the onus on the photographer to deliver the goods: and in this respect the Leica is excellent; and I am increasingly attracted to film again, more for the aesthetics of capturing the image. Grain can be an advantage: it is to my eye more acceptable than the plastic smoothness with which digital capture renders very high spatial frequencies.
Now I need to develop a competent artistic eye, to lift my work above the merely mundane. So I hope to learn from the many very talented people who contribute to these forums.
Tim Mimpriss
. We do not have much people from Wales around here or maybe they are just afraid to make it known (LOL). From what I read in British photography magazines, Wales must be one of the most photogenic places on earth. 
