Hello from Woodstock, Connecticut (USA)

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Hello,

Long time film shooter from the early 1960's (mostly 4x5 and 5x7) just getting back into the rhythm of things in the wet & digital darkroom. Looking forward to some interesting discussions here that have nothing to do with politics!

Regards,

Edd

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Hi Edd, welcome. I'm from mid-New Jersey, USA not far from you. I found that Route 7 in Connecticut is a photogenic road trip to do, with the falls and covered bridges.
 
Good Evening,

I just wanted to thank all of you that responded. Looks like there is a great crew here, much appreciated...

Regards,

Edd
 
Hi Edd,

Welcome to the forum - I am interested in the gap in your shooting film - was that just life getting in the way or a kind of "loss of faith"?

Robert
 
Welcome Edd, its strange how so many old film shooters are coming back to film, I myself shot weddings on film form the 70's through to the 90's, then tried digital, I even packed away my darkroom gear because I could not sell it at the time.

I am now glad i did not sell it because after retiring I got back fully in to medium and LF using my darkroom gear.
 
YorkshireBloke said:
Hi Edd,

Welcome to the forum - I am interested in the gap in your shooting film - was that just life getting in the way or a kind of "loss of faith"?

Robert
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Hi Robert,

It was such a combination of things that I just lost interest in "the process", honestly. I got spoiled early-on with the photographic digital workflow, as I was heavily into software and hardware from my line of professional work (engineering, not photography). That combined with a change of vocations (I became a high school teacher & university professor) and photographic goals (sports and wildlife (B.I.F.)) kind of sealed the deal. Most, but not all, of the film gear was sold off except Linhof, Rolleiflex, and Zeiss gear that was passed down to me after my Dad died. Over the past 10 years, I have slowly replaced items that I felt that I would use again, and most recently, rebuilt my wet-process darkroom. I can now process film from 35mm through 8x10" sheets, and wet-print up to 4x5" negatives on paper sizes to 20x24". The developing process is currently semi-automated, as I designed my own microcontroller/gear-drive roller system for the Jobo 2500 and Expert LF tanks. Oh, and I have finally, finally retired after working for 58 years, pretty much non-stop...:)

Hope that helps!

Regards,

Edd
 
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Flack said:
Welcome Edd, its strange how so many old film shooters are coming back to film, I myself shot weddings on film form the 70's through to the 90's, then tried digital, I even packed away my darkroom gear because I could not sell it at the time.

I am now glad i did not sell it because after retiring I got back fully in to medium and LF using my darkroom gear.
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Flack,

For me it is "Ex-Lax for the Mind"; I go into a different mode/zone when I get to a location with the film gear and really think about what I want to do, and I'm doing it for myself. No one is pointing out the "do's and don't", and if if that were to occur, I'd just smile and wave...

Regards,

Edd
 
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Welcome Edd, 5x4.co.uk is a friendly place to post your threads. I wonder if Woodstock (Con.) was named after Woodstock just north of Oxford in the UK.
 
Camerashy said:
Welcome Edd, 5x4.co.uk is a friendly place to post your threads. I wonder if Woodstock (Con.) was named after Woodstock just north of Oxford in the UK.
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Right you are!!!

From our local Chamber of Commerce:

John Eliot, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Major Daniel Gookin came to Woodstock in 1674 and preached to the Wabaquasset Indians from Eliot Rock. In 1686, the “Thirteen Goers” (Peter Aspinwall, Thomas Bacon, Henry Bowen, Matthew Davis, John Frizzel, Nathaniel Gary, John Gore, Benjamin Griggs, George Griggs, John Marcy, Ebenezer Morris, Benjamin Sabin and Jonathan Smithers) settled at the same site to establish New Roxbury, the first European settlement in Windham County. In 1690, Judge Samuel Sewall gave the Town its name after Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England “because of its nearness to Oxford, for the sake of Queen Elizabeth.” Woodstock seceded from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1749 to become part of the Connecticut Colony. Captain, later General, Samuel McClellan and 184 men went forth to fight in the Revolutionary War. General McClellan’s house still stands on the corner of Route 169 and Stone Bridge Road.

The Quasset School, which was moved to the grounds of the Woodstock Elementary School, is an interesting school museum. Woodstock Academy, established in 1801, is the Town’s designated high school and with its recent expansion has grown into a regional high school. Roseland Cottage, locally known as the “Pink House”, was built in 1846 as a summer house for Henry C. Bowen.

Woodstock is well known for the Woodstock Fair, one of the oldest agricultural fairs in the country. It was started in 1858 and is held each Labor Day weekend.

Regards,

Edd
 
Camerashy said:
Welcome Edd, 5x4.co.uk is a friendly place to post your threads. I wonder if Woodstock (Con.) was named after Woodstock just north of Oxford in the UK.
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Woodstock, Connecticut, was named after Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England.

Originally settled in 1686 by colonists from Roxbury, Massachusetts, the town was first known as New Roxbury. In March 1690, a judge and landowner named Samuel Sewall proposed changing the name to Woodstock. He chose the name because of the town's geographic proximity to Oxford, Massachusetts, matching the pairing of Oxford and Woodstock in England.

Many towns in the US were named after English cities. If you recall, the English settled here before the US became its own country. My New York City town (and New York State) I lived in most of my life was named after York, England after the English threw the Dutch out of New Amsterdam and renamed it. Apparently it's why we speak English and not Dutch.

There's also a Woodstock, NY, named after the English city. It's known for the famous 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, although it was actually held in Bethel, NY 60 miles away after the organizers were forced to relocate from an earlier proposed site. Bethel comes from scripture, apparantly another favorite way of naming American towns.
 
Roboticspro said:
Right you are!!!

From our local Chamber of Commerce:

John Eliot, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and Major Daniel Gookin came to Woodstock in 1674 and preached to the Wabaquasset Indians from Eliot Rock. In 1686, the “Thirteen Goers” (Peter Aspinwall, Thomas Bacon, Henry Bowen, Matthew Davis, John Frizzel, Nathaniel Gary, John Gore, Benjamin Griggs, George Griggs, John Marcy, Ebenezer Morris, Benjamin Sabin and Jonathan Smithers) settled at the same site to establish New Roxbury, the first European settlement in Windham County. In 1690, Judge Samuel Sewall gave the Town its name after Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England “because of its nearness to Oxford, for the sake of Queen Elizabeth.” Woodstock seceded from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1749 to become part of the Connecticut Colony. Captain, later General, Samuel McClellan and 184 men went forth to fight in the Revolutionary War. General McClellan’s house still stands on the corner of Route 169 and Stone Bridge Road.

The Quasset School, which was moved to the grounds of the Woodstock Elementary School, is an interesting school museum. Woodstock Academy, established in 1801, is the Town’s designated high school and with its recent expansion has grown into a regional high school. Roseland Cottage, locally known as the “Pink House”, was built in 1846 as a summer house for Henry C. Bowen.

Woodstock is well known for the Woodstock Fair, one of the oldest agricultural fairs in the country. It was started in 1858 and is held each Labor Day weekend.

Regards,

Edd
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Thank you for satisfying my curiosity, my son lives in Woodstock very close to Blenheim Palace nr Oxford UK. I can't wait to tell him of the links to Woodstock USA.
 
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