halcyon
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Hello photography enthusiasts! Nice forum you have here.
I am here because I'm trying to find a gift for my girlfriend. Ready for a different sort of question here than what you probably get?
A special lady and I have fallen in love this year...in the Spring when the first flowers were budding, so did our love begin to blossom for each other (you can saw awwwwww here if you like). I soon learned that she is an aspiring photographer. She has at least some rather nice equipment as far as I can tell, though I'm admittedly pretty ignorant of that. She has studied photography and has some experience doing weddings and portraiture, etc.
But alas, she has been not been working on her hobby and passion for the art in a while. Oh, by the way, she has no real interest in moving to digital, she prefers the tangible aspects of working with and developing film. It's the whole art-form thing for her, which I appreciate. She recognizes that may limit her long-term prospects for working in photography too, but for now-prefers to stay in film because that's what she enjoys.
Anyway, as I mentioned, she has been preoccupied on other things over the past few years and has not worked much in photography, which leads me to my reason for this post. I think I would like to give her a Christmas gift that would inspire her to pick it back up. I don't want to get her a lens, lights, etc. First, I wouldn't know what to buy because I"m not sure what she wants/needs in that. And second, it's not all that romantic either. This is our first Christmas, and I want my gift to be pretty special, as I'm sure you could appreciate.
So, photography buffs, what would you suggest? What special photography-related gift could you imagine might be be good for me to give to my love this Christmas? Any and all creative ideas gratefully accepted and appreciated.
And Season's Greetings to all of you.
I am here because I'm trying to find a gift for my girlfriend. Ready for a different sort of question here than what you probably get?
A special lady and I have fallen in love this year...in the Spring when the first flowers were budding, so did our love begin to blossom for each other (you can saw awwwwww here if you like). I soon learned that she is an aspiring photographer. She has at least some rather nice equipment as far as I can tell, though I'm admittedly pretty ignorant of that. She has studied photography and has some experience doing weddings and portraiture, etc.
But alas, she has been not been working on her hobby and passion for the art in a while. Oh, by the way, she has no real interest in moving to digital, she prefers the tangible aspects of working with and developing film. It's the whole art-form thing for her, which I appreciate. She recognizes that may limit her long-term prospects for working in photography too, but for now-prefers to stay in film because that's what she enjoys.
Anyway, as I mentioned, she has been preoccupied on other things over the past few years and has not worked much in photography, which leads me to my reason for this post. I think I would like to give her a Christmas gift that would inspire her to pick it back up. I don't want to get her a lens, lights, etc. First, I wouldn't know what to buy because I"m not sure what she wants/needs in that. And second, it's not all that romantic either. This is our first Christmas, and I want my gift to be pretty special, as I'm sure you could appreciate.
So, photography buffs, what would you suggest? What special photography-related gift could you imagine might be be good for me to give to my love this Christmas? Any and all creative ideas gratefully accepted and appreciated.
And Season's Greetings to all of you.