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fluffthebunny:1. Imagine there's nothing but digital media anymore for photographic imaging. Would you miss film, or say good riddance?I'd personally not notice. I've exclusively used digital for some years now, and I don't feel that film offers anything useful that digital does not. Sure, I'm looking at this from the high end, dealing with digital medium- and large-format, but also I don't feel any lack in using a DSLR like one of my Nikons in comparison with 35mm film. 6x6cm medium format film or 4x5" large format film is probably still superior to most DSLRs, but digital medium format beats 4x5 film, and digital 4x5 is frankly staggering. This is just physics. Also, the artistic control afforded by Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom and the like far exceeds anything possible with silver gelatin processing, even going all the way with very advanced processing techniques like Ansel Adams's Zone System. I know, I've done that stuff, and digital is sharper, more flexible, easier to use and usually way cheaper if you factor in ongoing production costs. So no, film can die in a fire. :-)
2. At this stage of your life, do you think you'd enjoy teaching in higher ed?Teaching, yes, no question. I love teaching. Research, not sure, I am not really turned on by how vicious things get when a people fight bitterly over a small amount of funding. I'm kind of burned out on that -- NASA is basically the same internally in terms of the way that funding works.
3. What were you most proud of, before you came to the USA?Wow, difficult one that. Finally getting my PhD, probably. But there are lots of other candidates.
4. What color is your hair today?Blonde. I look almost respectable. :-)
5. Where's the best korean food in your area... and can we share some when I'm visiting next month?There is a decent place on Castro Street, very close to the Mexican place I think I've taken you to before. I've liked it there the couple of times I've been. We should do that. :-)
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tenacious_snail:1. If you could magically relocate something from the UK to California, what would you pick?Kebab vans. All of them. The US lacks kebab vans. And chocolate that doesn't taste like plasticised vomit with brown food colouring.
2. Has anything about dating a man surprised you? What?Being bugged about going Steampunk more than before? ;-)
3. If money were no object, which would you choose as a career: musician, fine art photographer, sound engineer?Of the three, photographer, I think, or maybe the 4th that's not on there, which is for me an extension of photography, which might be film maker.
4. Do you want to be able to have a dog again, or is Hooch Just That Special?I would like a dog again, but only if I could take him or her to work with me. I don't like leaving dogs at home alone for long periods. It possibly also predicates a more settled home life than I currently have.
5. If you could no longer wear black clothes, what would your wardrobe look like?Very, very, very, very dark blue?