Hey all! I'm Keith, I'm 43, and I live in south Wales. I'm currently not working, but in the dim and distant past, I programmed computers to do boring things with money. I like cooking, playing Heroes of the Storm, and more than anything I like taking photographs.
Adlerian psychology has Will to Power. Freud had Will to Pleasure. Victor Frankl, concentration camp survivor and psychologist, had Will to Meaning. I like Frankl's idea best - the idea that what humans really crave is a meaning.
I find my meaning in photography, film photography especially. I tried music, but the guitar, the banjo, the mandolin, and the banjo ukulele resisted my feeble attempts to make them sing. A camera, however . . . well, I'm not going to claim to be Cartier-Bresson or Margaret Bourke-White, but getting that negative from the developing tank and seeing images that I created appear as if by magic can be almost euphoric.
The Elizabeth Tower and Houses of Parliament, London. Pentax ME Super, Rollei Retro 400s
I have digital cameras, too - a Fuji X100 and a Nikon D90 - but as functional and convenient as they are, they don't have the magic I feel when I use my 40+ (and counting) film cameras. It helps that I can pick up what was a £3000 camera back in the day for a couple of hundred - or what was a £500 camera for £5 from a charity shop or car boot sale.
Looking out of a window in Hampton Court Palace, London. Pentax ME Super, AFGA Vista
I'm looking forward to sharing on Steemit what I've learned about film, photography, and cameras. Cheers!