What Are Your Other Interests?

I got only one hit with the plates, all the other were metal in body plates.
these almost look like a match to your set Kathleen. GG n taxy, they nestle up aagainst your dinner plate for discarded fish bones, chicken, quail bones.

when you google it type in bone plate dishes.

Kathleen said:

My rule on antiques is that they MUST be usable. Nothing simply for show. Knick-knacks are no-no.

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I used to enjoy collecting antiques, often going to markets to find them. I loved the process of hunting for items!

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FOOD! I have an associates degree in dietetics and worked in nutrition in a nursing home for 12 years, eventually doing the clinical work. I garden, can, and other wise, put food by. I love to cook and bake. I am an amateur photographer and genealogist. Started with photography in the 60's and went kicking and screaming into the digital age. Started into genealogy in 2002 when I was left to divide among my other two sisters a collection of Native American artifacts collected by one of our great great grandfathers who worked for the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. At that point I realized I knew virtually nothing about that man. I was astounded by what I found on the Internet. Another great great grandfather built a house with secret rooms in 1832 to accommodate slaves escaping on the underground railroad. This information was not passed down through my family at all. I also sew clothes and objects of household use that are pretty; like potholders, aprons, a few quilts. Basically I love to cut up material and sew the pieces together again. I have gone though phases of treadle sewing machines (had 9 at one point), decorative china and pottery, antiques, and going to estate auctions. I raised dairy goats for 32 years; made cheese, yogurt, buttermilk and ice cream. Since I moved to New Mexico I have gotten into dancing. Took lessons from a professional for Latin Ballroom dancing, but mainly do the local 2-step dance and salsa.

bethzaring said:

I am an amateur photographer and genealogist. Started with photography in the 60's and went kicking and screaming into the digital age.

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Hee hee, I was the opposite. I took several rolls of film pictures at my brother's and my cousin's weddings in 2000 and I was so disappointed at how dark and blurry they were, I took a photography class at the local community college. We had to develop the film ourselves. The longer the class went on, the more I appreciated the "digital darkroom." When it was over, I bought a new digital camera. The best things I took with me from the class were better skill at framing, and not being self-conscious about getting up close to subjects in public (not people - I like photographing buildings and landscapes).

GotGarlic said:

Hee hee, I was the opposite. I took several rolls of film pictures at my brother's and my cousin's weddings in 2000 and I was so disappointed at how dark and blurry they were, I took a photography class at the local community college. We had to develop the film ourselves. The longer the class went on, the more I appreciated the "digital darkroom." When it was over, I bought a new digital camera. The best things I took with me from the class were better skill at framing, and not being self-conscious about getting up close to subjects in public (not people - I like photographing buildings and landscapes).

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I used to understand F-stops, shutter speeds, light meters....I was not willing to give up that knowledge to a machine. I also never photographed people and was especially fond of photographing architecture.

I'm a semi-retired professional photographer (and art director), and when professional digital cameras replaced film cameras, I was so happy. No Polaroid backs, no waiting for "chromes" to come back... I could see exactly what I shot instantly, and make adjustments on the spot. Now, digital images are so far superior to film for professional photography, I could never go back. The things I can do in Photoshop also blow away anything I could do in a conventional darkroom.

BTW, apertures, shutter speeds and f-stops (and how they relate) are still important for professional photography, but a lot of you "photographers" never bother to lean that stuff. They let their iPhone cameras deal with that.

I also did not shoot people, except a couple times when I got to photograph Carroll Shelby for a magazine cover, and Mario Andretti for a magazine article. I made exceptions for them.

CD

caseydog said:

BTW, apertures, shutter speeds and f-stops (and how they relate) are still important for professional photography, but a lot of you "photographers" never bother to lean that stuff. They let their iPhone cameras deal with that.
CD

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My late brother was a professional photographer. I can't begin to tell you how often he would try to tell me speeds, f-stops, etc. I could remember for 10 min., turn around and completely forget everything. But I remember while we were in High School ('59 - '60's), helping him in the dark room (think bathroom with a lot of towels hanging everywhere) and developing films. That was fascinating.
But into the digital world I've tried to remember his most poignant tip. Take a gazillion pictures but then.... Delete, delete, delete. Don't wait. I'm sort of good at it and it sure helps keep out the junk that just sits there!

caseydog said:

BTW, apertures, shutter speeds and f-stops (and how they relate) are still important for professional photography, but a lot of you "photographers" never bother to lean that stuff. They let their iPhone cameras deal with that.

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I was just thinking about that this evening while I was photographing my supper. I like the instant feedback on a digital camera, but I have no idea how to access any of that, the shutter speeds, aperture, depth of field, ... I learned that stuff in a photo club in Copenhagen, back in the early 1970s. I wish I could control that on my phone's camera.

@taxlady - amen to that. I could manipulate focus/speed/fstop on my old Canon F1 all by feel.
the new digitals are veddy nice but going for a 'special effect' takes 20 minutes of menu surfing . . .
ugh!

dragnlaw said:

I got only one hit with the plates, all the other were metal in body plates.
View attachment 68981 these almost look like a match to your set Kathleen. GG n taxy, they nestle up aagainst your dinner plate for discarded fish bones, chicken, quail bones.

when you google it type in bone plate dishes.

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Nice. They look like they're too small for ribs

GotGarlic said:

Nice. They look like they're too small for ribs

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LOL, yup, but maybe short ribs?

dragnlaw said:

My late brother was a professional photographer. I can't begin to tell you how often he would try to tell me speeds, f-stops, etc. I could remember for 10 min., turn around and completely forget everything. But I remember while we were in High School ('59 - '60's), helping him in the dark room (think bathroom with a lot of towels hanging everywhere) and developing films. That was fascinating.
But into the digital world I've tried to remember his most poignant tip. Take a gazillion pictures but then.... Delete, delete, delete. Don't wait. I'm sort of good at it and it sure helps keep out the junk that just sits there!

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F-stops apply to both aperture and shutter speed... and ASA/ISO. Just as changing the aperture by "one stop," (one number on the aperture ring of the lens), doubling or halving the shutter speed changes the exposure by one f-stop. Doubing or halving the ASA/ISO also changes the exposure by one f-stop. Clear as mud? It is actually pretty easy once you grasp what is happening when you change your exposure by one f-stop.

I shot mostly cars since 2005. When the cars were "posed" sitting still, I didn't need to take a lot of shots... maybe 100 at various angles. When I shot cars racing, I would easily shoot 3,000 in a day. Racing is so unpredictable, and those cars move fast.

CD

taxlady said:

I was just thinking about that this evening while I was photographing my supper. I like the instant feedback on a digital camera, but I have no idea how to access any of that, the shutter speeds, aperture, depth of field, ... I learned that stuff in a photo club in Copenhagen, back in the early 1970s. I wish I could control that on my phone's camera.

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No, you can't manually control exposures on phone camera. 99-percent of phone camera users probably don't want to.

CD

dcSaute said:

@taxlady - amen to that. I could manipulate focus/speed/fstop on my old Canon F1 all by feel.
the new digitals are veddy nice but going for a 'special effect' takes 20 minutes of menu surfing . . .
ugh!

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Focus/shutter speed/aperture. As I mentioned, f-stop is a measurement, not a setting on a camera.

Another nice thing on digital cameras is that you can see your aperture and shutter speed setting in the viewfinder, and make adjustments quickly without taking the camera away from your eye.

Here is an interesting question for photographers. Are you left-eyed or right-eyed? Which eye do automatically use to look through a viewfinder? I am right handed, but left-eyed.

CD

caseydog said:

No, you can't manually control exposures on phone camera. 99-percent of phone camera users probably don't want to.

CD

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Yeah, at some point, I need to get a decent digital camera. That will be a whole project and lots of learning.

I was sort of hoping he would leave me at least one of his digital camera's but he gave them all to a young budding camera buff. I hope that person appreciated the gift as it was in excess of probably 20 grand and maybe more.

caseydog said:

Here is an interesting question for photographers. Are you left-eyed or right-eyed? Which eye do automatically use to look through a viewfinder? I am right handed, but left-eyed.

CD

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I don't think I ever noticed which eye I use to look through a viewfinder. But, I am right handed and my left eye is dominant.

Right eye here...
But can use left if needed.

Right handed,
But can use left if needed

caseydog said:

Focus/shutter speed/aperture. As I mentioned, f-stop is a measurement, not a setting on a camera.

Another nice thing on digital cameras is that you can see your aperture and shutter speed setting in the viewfinder, and make adjustments quickly without taking the camera away from your eye.

Here is an interesting question for photographers. Are you left-eyed or right-eyed? Which eye do automatically use to look through a viewfinder? I am right handed, but left-eyed.

CD

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Left-handed and left-eyed 👁