> On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? > (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.)
I had been out of photography for several years due to health and income restrictions, was looking to get back in. Didn’t know whether to stick with film or go digital. Googling brought me to Doug Brewer’s web site. I wrote to him and asked his advice. He gave me some—it’s pretty much digital now—and referred me to pdml. I was turned off by the volume of emails initially. Eventually discovered that a lot of the volume was friendly banter after serious comments on photos or answers to questions had pretty much wound down. Eventually came to understand that pdml is actually a small close-knit group of extremely knowledgeable and highly skilled photographers. Still the rankest amateur here, I have nevertheless found it to be friendly, hospitable, and helpful. A photo posted by P.J. Ailing, "Prayer Service at St. Michael’s” <https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20prayerserviceatstmichaels.html> lead me to purchase the camera it was shot with, a i*st DS, my first digital camera. I have learned a lot from this group, though I’m still the rankest amateur. I hope it will be around for a long time to come. I hate online forums. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
