What other hobbies do you have? [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums

Aylwin

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 01:41

Surely, photography isn't the only thing you're interested in... is it?

At home, my main interests are audio and video. I also like messing around with PCs. When I'm not at home, I like to do sports. I'll pretty much play any sport but I'm a bit of a social being so I'm less interested in doing things solo (e.g., jogging). My favorite, which I try to play as regularly as I can, is basketball.

How about you?

neil_r

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 01:50

This list proves I did not have fun as a kid…

SCUBA
Shooting (Clays, Game, Rough)
Motorcycling (Touring and racing)
Travel (as far and as often as possible)
Rugby (as a player until I was 40 and now an avid spectator)
And the occasional visit to this forum ;)

N

Rob612

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 02:14

Home interests

Audio/Video/Home Theater
Video shooting/editing (well, at least the editing part is done at hone)
Music (play some instruments, none as a pro but I have fun)
Reading (a lot !)

Outdoor

Guns (basically handguns but I'll have and enjoy also long stuff, a lot of IPSC/IDPA shooting with decent results in world classification in the first one)
Scuba
Travel (actually a little settled because of old parents that need help from me and my wife)

Maureen Souza

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 02:17

It would be easier to ask me what I DON'T like to do!!!
Traveling, painting, scrapbooking, gardening, camping... I also tiled my fireplace in a mosaic and installed a tumbled marble backsplash in my kitchen! I'll try most anything once.....

Moppie

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 02:24

I play Korfball, but have been a bit slack lately.
I also play far to much Playstation, espcialy for someone my age, but I compete in Gran Turismo online tournaments which makes it a hobby IMO.
Iv put on hold playing with cars.
Im a compulsive reader.
And, Im developing my interest in cooking.

acura nsx pilot

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 02:28

Jetskiing, car shows and related events , collecting electronic gadgets , adult video conventions

tim

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 03:37

Photography IS my hobby!

Andy_T

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 03:40

You mean you still have money for other hobbies :p ?

Best regards,
Andy

kenyc

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 06:10

I've given em all up for photography.
Gonna sell the guitars and ham radios and buy lenses. :)

KAC

Rob612

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 06:29

You mean you still have money for other hobbies :p ?

Best regards,
Andy

Not really. But I've found an interesting (often partial but what the heck, it works) solution for helping out my hobbies.

Since as a self runned company we do offer several services (see www.imagourbis.net (http://www.imagourbis.net) for what we do) it often happens that the shop where I am buying "stuff" (no matter what it is, guns, cameras, musical stuff etc) requires some professional service from us.

As a company, we do work usually on large enterprises, and we have a non written policy not to take small clients (too much of a stress, no money involved, late payments etc). So, once we have estabilished a decent relationship, I often manage to handle small activities - that would no be worth bein done "officially" by my company - in exchange for what I need. For example, at leat 90% of my guns during the years have been acquired with this type of deal. They save money because of course the pay stuff much less than what they will sell to me, I do not have to worry about clients not paying, and I get what I want without touching my bank account.

Nice and sweet way to get "useless" things that you really want without spending actual money. The works are usually done in my spare time, so I won't loose money with paying clients. It works fine and I really enjoy it.

CyberPet

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 08:11

Never done scrapbooking, but I use the same techniques to make handmade cards. I also enjoy reading. I go through at least 4 books a month (both in english or in swedish) so my book cases are bulging from books. I should get a library card!

The above things relaxes me, but I also write articles for a swedish Mac magazine and translate books (what a surprise!) from english to swedish. I also do some graphic design (and web design) on the side. That pays for my photo hobby. :D

Anteros

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 08:19

I play ultimate and beach volleyball in the summer. I also enjoy computer/console games as well.

etaf

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 08:27

computing
F1
but photography is it really

BlueTit

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 08:35

Photography and PP is taking up too much time and money, so other interests are suffering a bit, but photography extends into some of them now too.

Art, painting mainly and visiting galleries
Walking
Reading
Watching DVD's
Music, music and more Music

bikerider

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 08:48

Hi Roger here,
I'm obsessed with bikes and cars, old ones that you need to do stuff on them, I also love to cook and eat, I go to the gym 2-3 times a week....hmm is that a hobby, maybe? Other things I love to do are watch movies, and read magazines, oh I love to travel as well but don't get much time to do it.

Tiger1

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 08:54

Almost too many to list - I'll have to live three lives to have enough time to really enjoy all of them to the fullest.

Best of the List:
Watercolor Art www.artmeister.com/generizzo.html
Gourmet Cooking (I'm from south Louisiana - what did you expect?)
Golf - Was decent - at one time!!!
Fishing - Its all around me - where I live.

Dweezil

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 08:59

Hello, another Roger here...my hobbies in no particular order...

Autocross (St. Louis div. champion two years running) race prepped Miata
Riding my Harley
Playing on my waverunner, or just being on the water with friends
music (play/listen)
Art/photography/video composition
Computers and electronic gadgetry...if it has lights, and beeps I'm there.
Got into fresh water aquariums for awhile, but I think that hobby is now becoming more of a pain in the butt.
Interior design

One Away Guy

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 09:10

MUSIC !!!

I'm in a band up in Montreal. We play rock alternative, sound a little like a mix of U2 and Our Lady Peace. Let me know what you guys think if anyone has a chance (www.oneaway.ca).

PhotosGuy

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 09:57

Photography IS my hobby! Me, too! Used to play power volleyball up to a few years ago. Old knees... just spectate now.
Used to race cars, ski, shoot targets when I was a Pro, but I always come back to photography.

DocFrankenstein

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 10:32

I have a certificate from a culinary school. (Hey, I was lonely and wanted to meet chicks). I enjoy experimental cooking and eating out. I do other things too--- like picking scale off my orchids, gardening, and reading.

Like Moppie, I read a lot too.
LOL

How did that work out? :lol:

nat869

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 10:40

I love to read, am writing a book, and have been known to write poetry. I have a 1953 MG TD and a 1971 Toyota FJ40, so mechanics is a big one. I have machine shop tools, welders and I build woodstrip canoes (have lots of woodworking tools). Of course my house takes up too much time and energy. I also shoot and reload, go to the gym, cycling and love canoeing, backpacking and camping. Oh, can't forget, going with my wife to San Francisco or Vegas for nightclubbing and gentlemen's clubs. We always have a blast.

roanjohn

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 11:15

Figure skating :-)

Ro1

Claire

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 13:14

I draw. Mainly B&W portraits. Trying to learn how to draw bodies by now.
I'm also an avid reader. Anything from classics to horror and crime. Becoming a fan of Marian Keyes lately which is unusual for me. I never used to read "chick lit".
I also play the piano and do cross-stitching! LOL The latter I do maybe once every year. haha

ProAc_Fan

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 13:28

Audio is my other time consuming and money swallowing hobby. Especially fond of tube audio, vinyl and esoteric audio gear. Home theater is for the birds. If God wanted us to listen in 7.1 channel surround sound he would have given us 8 ears. 2 channel stereo is where its at. :)

Mike

ChubbyDragon

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 13:40

1) restoring this
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/ChubbyDragon/perspective.jpg

2)woodworking.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y166/ChubbyDragon/BoardChefKnifeWeb.jpg

3) building scale model cars -- 1/25 and 1/16 scale; mostly old mustangs, but I am working on a '63 split window 'Vette now. Need to try photgraphing some of the models I've built.....

MazerRakhm

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 13:41

Mostly reading, unfortunately don't have time (Or money) for much else.

Jackal

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 13:49

3D modeling, 2D texturing, 3D animation and other videogame making stuff.

If anyone plays Battlefield 1942. Here's our mod site (any of you WW2 buffs should check out the vehicle section):
www.forgottenhope2.com

cfcRebel

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 14:50

PS2 games, taichi, wushu(martial art), hiking....
I just realize when it comes to photography, taichi really helps alot, especially all those slow-motion walking, crouching, squating to sneak up slowly on birds. :D

Andy_T

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 14:57

neil_r

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 15:06

It astonishes me that nobody so far has mentioned BROWSING POTN :rolleyes:

Definitely has to be mentioned here, although it's more of an addiction for me than a (healthy) hobby :confused:

Best regards,
Andy

Now you did not read the thread very carefully did you? This was the first post after the origional question...

This list proves I did not have fun as a kid…

SCUBA
Shooting (Clays, Game, Rough)
Motorcycling (Touring and racing)
Travel (as far and as often as possible)
Rugby (as a player until I was 40 and now an avid spectator)
And the occasional visit to this forum ;)

N

;)

Andy_T

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 15:22

Guilty ...

But then, I mentioned 'Browsing', not 'Reading', right :wink:

Best regards,
Andy

DocFrankenstein

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 15:31

It astonishes me that nobody so far has mentioned BROWSING POTN :rolleyes:
In the OTHER hobby? :confused:

JSolie

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 16:15

nat869

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 16:38

Do you mean hobbies or afflictions? :D

photography (duh...)
Model railroads (N scale only!)
Wood working (primarily with hand tools)
Wood turning (mostly faceplate turning, never really got the hang of spindle turning)
Target shooting (plus reloading to keep costs down)

-- John

Ahh, I forgot, since I have a 5 year old son, trains are popular in the house, model rockets, spud canons, model airplanes and some other stuff I know I will be asked to help and participate in. :-)

JZaun

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 16:39

Hahahaha

Photography
Sporting Clays shooting
Shot shell reloading
Bullseye Pistol Shooting
Pistol reloading
High Power rifle Shooting
Rifle reloading
Astronomy
Building Telescopes
Astro Photography
Skiing (snow)
Reading
Computers
Sailing
Retiring ( Done it 4 times now!)
Woodworking
Gardening
Inter net !!!
Looking for other interest constantly!
Growing old as SLOW as I can. Growing old is a lot better than the alternative!
Must be something else but I forget :)
:) :)

JZ

Rob612

8th of June 2005 (Wed), 18:46

Do you mean hobbies or afflictions? :D

Target shooting (plus reloading to keep costs down)

-- John

Right !!! I forgot to mention reloading as part of my indoor hobbies. Albeit, I do not really consider reloading an hobby, shooting 30-50,000 .40SW rounds/year makes reloading a job :(

bikerider

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 04:58

russellsnr2

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 06:53

Hi, I breed Norwich canaries just for fun & enjoy my English roses.

Dweezil

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 07:14

I don't know how I could've left this one out...
I'm an avid F1 fan... Kimi and Juan are my favs...I named my dog Mika Barkinnen (see exibit "A") after the F1 champion Mika Hakinnen. Geesh, a guy turns 40 and can't remember a darned thing! :o

Exibit A

PhotosGuy

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 07:16

Wait a minute. SPUD CANONS? Remember the trouble you could get into with your Daisy BB-gun? Now visualize the trouble you could get into with a one-pound BB!
(You missed out on a lot of good writing material there!) ;-)

JAZZ D.P.G.

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 08:53

My only other serious hobby is golf, which competes quit heavily with photography and PP.

The only other thing I spend time on is something most would not consider a hobby: Home improvement. I like to plan out improvements and do it myself or manage the contractors involved.

Reading.

JZaun

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 11:03

Wait a minute. SPUD CANONS? This one escapes me. I can't imagine or visualize such a thing. It sounds like fun, though.

Hahahaha,
I for got that one.:)

Now visualize a 8 piece of ' 2" PVC pipe mated with a 6" pvc pipe about 1-2 ' long and the back end plugged. a hole to squirt hair spray or butain in and an grill ignighter. Now jam a potato down the end and light her off. Yep here you got your basic 100 yard potato, maybe even french fried :) Haven't done that in a while. Now I gotta do another. Thanks for the reminder!

:)

JZ

awp

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 11:18

I am a photographer more so at heart than skill. I have been photographing since 1980 (my teenage years) as a hobby. I have never been able to stop even when $ was an issue. It has only been a year since I decided that I could actually make $ doing what I love. When I am not working, which consumes 9.5 hours of my day, I am photographing activities at home, church and pretty much anywhere I go. Photography is not just my hobby, it is my passion, I love to capture the moment and see the expression on my clients and friends face when I do.

deedas

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 12:49

I like to divide my hobbies into 3 categories.

The good ones: Jogging and playing other sports. Mainly touch football and baseball.
The bad ones: Video games and Movies. They really just waste my time.
The expensive ones: Photography and Music. I DJ a bit and I have a "band" with a couple of friends. Good equipment and constant purchase of vinyl is $$$. Photography we all know how expensive it can get. ;)

Andrew Pratt

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 13:13

Home Theatre, I'm a moderator at www.htguide.com/forum (http://www.htguide.com/forum)
Birding
Fishing
Generally just being Outdoors
Reading
Computing
Running
Baseball
Hockey
Making & drinking wine
..and running around after my 2 year old daughter :)

Longwatcher

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 14:08

- Photographing models (I am not sure this actually counts as photography)
- Music (listening to) [technically this may be an addiction]
- Making costumes for models I photograph (not sure this is actually a hobby, but I enjoy seeing them in my costumes (now if I can just get that skirt length thing figured out - always too short for some reason :) 8)
- Science Fiction and horror (reading, watching, discussing)
- Select computer games
Occassional hobbies:
- Model Train (Z-scale (smaller train = larger layout))
- Vegetable Gardening (nearly complete failure so far since moving to Virginia)
- Airshows
- Role playing games (not as much any more)
- Collecting art (when I can afford it that is)

That covers all I can think of right now.

nat869

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 14:22

Wait a minute. SPUD CANONS? This one escapes me. I can't imagine or visualize such a thing. It sounds like fun, though.

LOL, it is fun, especially for a little boy. As previously mentioned, pvc pipe as a barrel, larger pvc pipe for a ignition chamber. Hairspray works good, but I have been experimenting with calcium carbide. It is a mineral that when combined with water, produces acetylene, which is very flammable. Potatos go a flying!!! The only thing, now my son goes around explaining how to use calcium carbide to blow things up, lol. Not like we have blown stuff up for the fun of it....... ;-)

nat869

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 14:23

Hahahaha,
I for got that one.:)

Now visualize a 8 piece of ' 2" PVC pipe mated with a 6" pvc pipe about 1-2 ' long and the back end plugged. a hole to squirt hair spray or butain in and an grill ignighter. Now jam a potato down the end and light her off. Yep here you got your basic 100 yard potato, maybe even french fried :) Haven't done that in a while. Now I gotta do another. Thanks for the reminder!

:)

JZ

Hey JZ, they now make rifled spud barrels out of PVC, I guess they really get distance then.

cjsa

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 14:32

ok-
reading (too much)
baking
cooking

Michaelmjc

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 15:09

Guitar! I have 2 acoustics and 1 electric. A few foot pedals and a marshall amp.

Jon

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 15:19

Dogs, reading (SF & mysteries mostly), air shows/aviation history, hiking. There's sort of a gradation between photography & computers.

JSolie

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 15:51

Right !!! I forgot to mention reloading as part of my indoor hobbies. Albeit, I do not really consider reloading an hobby, shooting 30-50,000 .40SW rounds/year makes reloading a job :(

heh...yeah, I know what you mean. The Dillon 550's great, but even so... I guess it's more of a "facet" of that particular affliction ;)

-- John

JSolie

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 15:54

Remember the trouble you could get into with your Daisy BB-gun? Now visualize the trouble you could get into with a one-pound BB!
(You missed out on a lot of good writing material there!) ;-)

LOL! :lol:

I always thought it would be neat to build a trebuchet... (said gazing wistfully out the window, the remembering the absolute fit the Friendly and Courteous Neighborhood Association would have with such an undertaking..hmm... :twisted::twisted::twisted:

-- John

ILoutdoorcpl

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 16:13

Camping
Hiking
Backpacking
Rock Climbing
Ice Climbing
Archery
Shooting
and at one time team and calf roping.

theflyingkiwi

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 19:00

Vetteography

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 19:06

Corvettes
Guns
Dogs
Harley Davidsons
Computers

ssim

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 19:13

I used to golf alot. Now I seldom play

I used to fish. Now I seldom do.

I used to like the challenge of a good jigsaw puzzle.

I used to collect old coins and currency. We know where that went.

Funny how photography has made all of my past hobbies a "used to".

nat869

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 21:23

well I am going out on a limb here

I am a trekker :) yes that's right I am in to Star Trek. I have a bad habbit of collecting photos, and dvd's.

I also like other sci fi tv shows, stargate, Dr who
movies
home theather
aeroplanes
cars
computers

and I am always looking for something interesting, that can take my all my cash :) after all what's the point of saving it :)

Cool!!! I am a trekkie geek too, just got a set of starship ornaments off of e-bay for pretty cheap!! I also love Stargate, I am going out on a limb and saying it is the best sci-fi series, better than Trek. It is also the onlt TV I watch........LOL.

lostdoggy

9th of June 2005 (Thu), 22:13

Anything to avoid work!!!

RinkRat

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 07:59

Hobbies:
Photography (I'm sure none of you have seen any pics of my daughter posted here) :)
Golf (Paying for new Photo equipment takes away from greens fees)
Ice Hockey (just retired this year. Too much pain & too much time/money) :(
Remodeling my home (it's been 2 years, & 8 of 13 rooms are done)

SloNeZ600

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 08:03

Kayaking, fishing, walking, biking, photography and computers

Citizensmith

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 08:32

Computers (garage full of ones I'm fixing for people)
Lan Gaming (organize occasional small events)
Fish (too many tanks, mainly livebearers as they are easy)
Bike (peddal bike, to work and back as often as I can)
Geocaching (have GPS, will treasure hunt)
And not really a hobby, but above everything else, family.

sixshot

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 09:52

I swim, play badminton, sleep, read and watch as many movies as time allows. I am debating right this second whether to turn off the pc and watch a movie......I'll stay for a while.

jsgaudet

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 10:08

I've been into astronomy for a long time, actually I got my DRebel originally for astrophotography, but once I found out how much fun regular photography was, I started buying more lenses and stuff for the camera. I also do a lot of railfanning (again another hobby where I bring my camera along), and some model railroading. I've recently started getting into golf and rock collecting. Next up I think will be birdwatching... :) I used to play lots of computer games but I got bored of that, besides, I think I need to spend more time outide the house.

JS

zacker

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 12:26

My biggest hobby besides photography is building Drums.. Especially Electronic Drums.. like the Roland V-Drums line.. It's fun and you can sell them on e-bay and make a little $$ very little, that is why i'm still at my day job.. Plus, Roland is very, very, protective over the copyrights to thier products so you have to be carefull what you do. I have made quite a few acoustic drums as well, mostly snare drums.I also like to shop (I know, wierd for a guy..even my wife will agree) , Gardening and yard work is cool too!
Other than that, I like to rent DVD's and chill in my Lazy-Boy with my cat Cody and watch a good Horror flick!
-zacker-

zacker

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 12:27

HJMinard

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 18:08

Hunting
Camping
Archery
Shooting (handguns, rifles, and shotguns)
Bird feeding/watching
Avid watcher of movies and sports

DG_Canon

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 18:34

Golf !

theflyingkiwi

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 22:12

I also love Stargate, I am going out on a limb and saying it is the best sci-fi series, better than Trek. It is also the onlt TV I watch........LOL.

that's a tall order, saying stargate is better than trek. I am a life long trekker so it would take a great deal for anything to better it. :lol:

Kent2

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 22:23

Family is the main focus here, A brand new Girl two weeks ago!
Photography is my #1 hobby/pay dirt....
On hold:
Motorcycling,I got hit last year on a ride to take some pictures..... First thing after "waking up" was taking pics of the nimrod that hit me in his Mercedes..... I get some track time here and there on shoots.....
Hang Gliding, on hold until.....?
Mountain Biking, well.....
Guitar, am acoustic, I take it off the wall on occasion
To many others to list....

Kent

zacker

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 22:31

congrats on the new baby kent!
-zacker-

MTalley

10th of June 2005 (Fri), 23:09

Camping, off-road driving, old VW's.

Mike Kirchner

11th of June 2005 (Sat), 12:54

Photography is kind of a side hobby for me, i am on this site so i can hopefully get the most out of my camera, but my biggest hobby is my car.

I dont do any organized racing right now because I work in the middle east and i am constantly in and out of the country (USA) but when i am home I really have fun with the 600+ horse power http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/images/smiles/burnout.gif

Just a small picture:
http://www.mustangmods.com/data/3243/sig.jpg

Wazza

11th of June 2005 (Sat), 17:48

Oh dear Moppie. You play GT4? You should have told me. I love my racing games..

I've played Need for Speed 5: Porsche Unleashed (Porsche 2000), for 5 years.

http://www.nfspu.spb.ru/onlinestatsarchive/DT-TOP500_26_06_2003.htm

Obviously, I have my own racing wheel on my PC, several different games. It's my main hobby.

http://wazz*****scity.com/temp/stereo3.jpg (PC/Racing wheel)
:rolleyes:

Moppie

11th of June 2005 (Sat), 18:40

Obviously, I have my own racing wheel on my PC, several different games. It's my main hobby.

http://wazz*****scity.com/temp/stereo3.jpg (PC/Racing wheel)
:rolleyes:

Thats some big PC Speakers!
I used to play a lot of PC based Racing games, then got a PC with out a joystick port and lost interest.
But I did get VERY good at the orginal Indycar racing (with will not run on a new PC, even a 386DX was almost to fast).

Now I use the PC for surfing, photo-editing and email, and the PS2 for games!

nzl-g3user did you ever watch Babylon 5?

theflyingkiwi

11th of June 2005 (Sat), 22:55

Now I use the PC for surfing, photo-editing and email, and the PS2 for games!
nzl-g3user did you ever watch Babylon 5?

Yep, I got the complete series + TV movies on DVD. that's one cool show. it's a show that has got some really good story that follows from one season to another. It's a shame the guy that created it can't do any thing else. He had a couple of other shows that didn't work out that well.

wazza I have got the same wheel as you. I like it a great deal. It takes alot of getting used to tho. I also play the odd game GT4 :) and I do mean the odd game. that is one game I wish that would come out for the PC but I am not going to hold my beath.

PhotosGuy

11th of June 2005 (Sat), 23:12

Babylon 5 was my favorite! Lots of great characters & sfx.

Moppie

11th of June 2005 (Sat), 23:15

Yep, I got the complete series + TV movies on DVD. that's one cool show.

My better half made me watch the complete show, and all the movies, plus the spin off show (which only lasted half a season).
I was doubtfull at the start, but got really involved in it after season 1.
Normaly you would have to read something like Ian M. Banks culture series, or the most holy Asimov Foundation series to get that much Politics, Philosophy and Social critique in a Sci Fi series.

zach

12th of June 2005 (Sun), 01:39

First and foremost is my 2 daughters and my wife.

Hunting

I didn't know if I was going to be the only one to say that. According to my wife It seems I can't find a "cheap" hobby!
Hunting
Fishing, until I started hunting.

thomascanty

12th of June 2005 (Sun), 05:33

My other obsessions:

Hiking/backpbacking
Mountain climbing/peak bagging
Camping
Cemeteries (goes hand in hand with photography)
Exploring ghost towns

KirkM

12th of June 2005 (Sun), 07:43

I think I have too many hobbies, because I don't spend alot of time on any of them. I get bored, then move on :)

I like riding my motorcycles and driving my Z-28. I've got a basement full of woodworking tools that haven't seen much use lately. Lots of firearms that haven't seen daylight lately. I've got a 3-year old quad with 30 miles on it.

I guess I spend most of my time in front of this computer, playing in PS, FCE and listening to old music through my old 2-channel stereo hooked up to it. Oh yea, I enjoy watching those odd movies on IFC, and using my GPS.

As far as photography, I just talked my wife into ordering me a17-40 L and a ball head for my tripod for Father's Day :)

Kirk

cruzyn56

12th of June 2005 (Sun), 09:14

Motorcycling
Scuba diving
Travel

And within all of these photography is there.

TammieO

14th of June 2005 (Tue), 22:39

Golf (as long as it's cheap)
Camping
Hiking
Reading

EricKonieczny

14th of June 2005 (Tue), 22:54

Running - I ran track and Cross Country back in my college days and post collegiate road racing circuit. I do other sports for fun and to stay in shape also like Swimming and Mountain Biking. I wan to get back into Triathlons, as soon as I get my sore knee back in shape.

Electronic Music- DJ's , Nightclubs. etc. I will travel to go to a good music festival or for a weekend of good entertainment.

Travel - to do the above mentioned hobbies along with photography. Fav places to visit, Miami, NYC, and Toronto.

Internet - I spend way too much time on it, but I am usually reading about photography or my other hobbies. I like learning and reading tutorials. There is so much information out there, it is nice to learn soemthing new and use it the next day.

chakras

15th of June 2005 (Wed), 01:03

>> Playing Video Games - mostly car simulations
>> I enjoy driving mostly over-night and day trips
>> Browsing the net - nothing specific, anything that interests me
>> Used to paint - Ex-hobby (now I don't have the time)
>> Sleeping late:lol: - oh, ok this is not a hobby

And yes, getting tickets (speeding/ parking etc.). I should start a collection of my tickets now. That should be a nice hobby.:p

Kelv2888

15th of June 2005 (Wed), 01:41

Drinking! :p

Grimnar

16th of June 2005 (Thu), 16:11

Im running a hosting service on my spare time, I call it a hobby.
This comes very handy with my other hobby, photostuff. Fun to learn linux/php/mysql and such.:D

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This is not spam. Just for fun, and maybe I can help someone to get online with their images.I can also help someone who is having trouble with their own hosting solution.

So, if anyone is looking for hosting a gallery and such pm me and I will hook you up.

stoneylonesome

16th of June 2005 (Thu), 20:47

Target shooting (guns and archery)
Fishing when I get a chance. and chance hasn't been around lately :lol: :lol:
hiking
reading
H.O. model railroading (model building)
woodworking (mostly folk art, and americana type things)
visiting museums and historical sites
and trying to figure out ways to pay for it all. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: and stretch a few more hours into the day. darn work gets in my way. :confused: :confused:

liza

16th of June 2005 (Thu), 21:49

Reading (mostly about history or photography)
Sewing, both apparel and for home decorating
Genealogy
Attending activities at my school (I'm a teacher.)
Putting together our high school yearbook
Keeping up with my sons
Computers (primarily trying to learn more about Photoshop)
Most recently, restoring antiques

Chazs

17th of June 2005 (Fri), 12:58

Hmmm...

playing trombone (in a symphony and an 18 piece big band)
bicycling
collecting calculators (and other math stuff -- my geeky side):oops:
hiking and camping with the family
wood working
POTN of course.

Rob612

17th of June 2005 (Fri), 13:38

I didn't know if I was going to be the only one to say that. According to my wife It seems I can't find a "cheap" hobby!
Hunting
Fishing, until I started hunting.

Right. Hunting was not on my list, but sometimes during the season I do like a wild pig hunting walkaround. Never tought of bringing along the little Ixus thou. Next winter I will.

As far as the expensive hobbies, my wife says that the only difference between a man and a child is the price of their toys :D

Steve Parr

17th of June 2005 (Fri), 20:03

I play guitar, and enjoy going to guitar shows. I've been known to fly to other states for a good guitar show.

My band plays its' final gig in two weeks, so I guess I'll have more time for shooting pictures, and for playing guitar for the pure fun of it (instead of being required to show up someplace and play for a set period of time)...

Steve

skyphix

17th of June 2005 (Fri), 23:23

I restore cars (well, one now), stay as far away from computers in my free time as I can (Im a Network Administrator), and try to take in as much of my surroundings as possible, analyze them, and spit out some sort of weird, off the cuff realization of the place I've lived for 13 years.

Oh, and recently, spending a lot of time learning the inside of a Critical Care Unit Hospital room :|

Rob612

17th of June 2005 (Fri), 23:36

Oh, and recently, spending a lot of time learning the inside of a Critical Care Unit Hospital room :|

Whatever the problem is. I wish you and the patient good luck and be well soon.

Lamplight

18th of June 2005 (Sat), 12:22

I've had many hobbies over the years.

Photography (obviously)
Cars
Drawing
Woodworking
Plastic models
Coin Collecting
Origami (that was quite some time ago :D)
Painting
Bicycling (is that a hobby? ???)

Of course photography is my main hobby these days.

wetlexan

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 06:56

Hmmm,I guess I will add to this thread as well..
Hobbies for me would include:
Archery (3-d target)
Fishing
Camping
Cooking
Hiking
Drugs,Sex,and Rock'n roll!!
Beer brewing
Poker (Texas hold'em)
and of course Photography

Beatles

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 07:31

Play music and been a hig end audiophile for many years.

BrokenRoad

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 10:27

I have 5 kids I barely have time for photography. So I'd say sleeping.

I really love camping, shopping, painting, and gardening but I don't get to do it often.

RogerAylstock

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 11:46

Er, Corvettes.... :D

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l90/ramjetvette/2004-03-27_149.jpg

tin.risky

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 15:01

I like to keep busy. I've played a couple instruments over the years (piano, violin, drums), but now I'm mostly focusing on the guitar. I also like rock climbing, hiking, kayaking, Judo, and I dabble in muay thai. I don't get to do all these things as much as I'd like, but I try to work it in. Life's not worth living if you don't enjoy it. That's my take anyway.

tin.risky

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 15:02

Naps are also a favorite activity of mine, although I'm not sure it counts as a hobby.

M5Man

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 15:07

Well obviously theres photography

Just got into Scuba diving
Snorkelling
Underwater phootgraphy but not in a big way
Fast cars
E Type Jaguars - Currently looking for one to replace my M5 total change
Travel
Eating Out
Cooking
Music
Gardening and Bonsai
& of course women- Well to be more precise my wife
obviously not in any specific order

Too many hobbies not enough time and money ;)

oaktree

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 15:12

tin.risky

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 15:15

Guitar was probably the least expensive hobby I've ever had. I bought one guitar when I first started about 7 years ago for $400 and it's served me well ever since.

PiRho

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 15:18

Guitar: Was expensive at the beginning, but inexpensive now since I bought my last guitar in 2002!

Gardening: Very inexpensive since my "land" (home) is already paid for and my total seed/plant/fertilizer/water cost is about two 50/1.8 worth.

hahaha funny one :) had to post it in the "you might be a photographer" thread

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=6542191&postcount=221

Edit: other Hobbies... Unicycling, Hiking, POTN (although that last one could be an addiction ;) )

Rrdstarr

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 16:11

In no particular order...

Golf
Hiking
Constructing rock walls
F1

thestig99

22nd of October 2008 (Wed), 16:18

Mountain biking and... driving? I can barely go a day without driving something somewhere haha. I'm hoping to get into some autocross events when summer comes around.

zelseman

24th of October 2008 (Fri), 18:25

working on my cars...90 honda and 56 chevy
guitar
singing
and working to attempt to fund my most expensive hobby...photography.

mecam

25th of October 2008 (Sat), 13:13

Is Internet Surfing a hobby?

Ronald S. Jr.

25th of October 2008 (Sat), 15:56

video games

coin collecting

shooting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/remulac/acog-a3.jpg

Ronald S. Jr.

25th of October 2008 (Sat), 15:56

Is Internet Surfing a hobby?

I like to think so. :lol:

gary88

25th of October 2008 (Sat), 16:01

-Working out: I'm at the gym 4-5 days a week
-Video games: my inner nerd lives on
-Cars: hoping to purchase an M3 soon and start autocrossing and going to track days (If I can find a track around here). Detailing my car is another hobby I guess. If the floormats weren't so dirty, you would think it was brand new inside.
-Guitar: I've been playing roughly 5 years now, have an Epiphone Les Paul and Marshall half stack (don't think for a moment I haven't considered selling it all for more camera gear :p)

neil_r

26th of October 2008 (Sun), 14:16

video games

coin collecting

shooting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/remulac/acog-a3.jpg

and quilting ? ( ;-) )

tripsis

26th of October 2008 (Sun), 14:20

Reading
Watching DVDs
Digital art
Playing guitar

DozerLYP

26th of October 2008 (Sun), 15:34

reading POTN :rolleyes:

Ronald S. Jr.

26th of October 2008 (Sun), 23:12

and quilting ? ( ;-) )

Nope, one of mom's many creations for me.

dogfood

27th of October 2008 (Mon), 18:25

Tennis
Guitars
Vintage Military Watches
All things Apple

DF

photocrazy12

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 09:46

Tennis
Guitars
Vintage Military Watches
All things Apple

DF

Haha, I love tennis. I used to practice pretty much every day until I tore my hamstring(that was like 4-5 months ago) and haven't played since.

I also enjoy playing pretty much any sport.

taxsux

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 10:09

Motorcycles :)

MrsKitty

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 13:44

Reading
Watching movies
Making beaded jewelry and chainmaille-based jewelry
Learning Spanish
Painting & drawing---just getting back into this after a long hiatus
Target shooting

Collin85

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 14:31

Pure mathematics (no laughs please)
PC Games.. mainly FPS and RTS
Computer hardware
Debating
I also play the drums.

Oh, and surfing the time-wasting intarwebs.

Jethro790

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 15:42

I motorcycle tour about 15k miles a year. And I do not commute, not even one mile, so that is all weekends and vacations. During the winter I snowmobile, quite a bit- 4k miles last year. I guess you could say I am a motorsports addict.

bangorxb

28th of October 2008 (Tue), 17:34

I am big into participating in car shows. Both my fiance and I have Scions that we take to shows up and down the east coast, basically every weekend from February to the end of October. Its one of our common interests and how I met her as well.

HuskyKMA

29th of October 2008 (Wed), 03:59

Fishing
Football
Friends
Girls
Golfing
Hiking
Hunting
Laughing
Paintballing
Shooting
Sleeping
Snowboarding
Video Games

I'm a busy person :)

Krypty

29th of October 2008 (Wed), 04:20

RC Heli's

DerekRob

3rd of November 2008 (Mon), 19:38

Here's my other hobbie and my current "homework" persay.

http://drp-photography.smugmug.com/photos/409446936_K98QE-L.jpg

Beach_house

3rd of November 2008 (Mon), 23:32

Paintball
Lacrosse
Planning a wedding....

Gimpy00Wang

3rd of November 2008 (Mon), 23:38

Cycling (road and mountain), flashlights, computers, hiking.

I have been trying to widdle town my hobbies over the past few years so I can focus more on the things I really enjoy -- hence the above list is pretty short.

- Chris

creme.brulee

3rd of November 2008 (Mon), 23:44

errr...
Does makeup count? my makeup "gears" towers my photography gear by all accounts.
Reading books (printed. I hate ebooks). And news (online, of course).
Cooking - I have to.
I'm a forum moderator and an occasional contributor to a blog/forum community (so, internet browsing + a little writing).

FocalPrincess

4th of November 2008 (Tue), 00:18

Hmm, a little difficult to get them all, but reading, crochet, sewing, horseback riding when I have the opportunity, camping, walking, turning wood on a lathe (and occasionally making something nice from it), playing violin and playing with my kids and husband in no particular order...Those are the major ones.

neil_r

5th of November 2008 (Wed), 04:28

I have been trying to widdle town my hobbies.

Your other hobby is swapping the "T" & "D" keys on your keyboard :-)

Tessa

5th of November 2008 (Wed), 09:17

I seem to have some un-girly hobbies for a girl...

Cars and racing
Diecast cars (mostly rally related)
Old racing memorabilia
Horse stamps... :oops: (ummm... thinking of selling those)
Reading

Collin85

5th of November 2008 (Wed), 20:22

I seem to have some un-girly hobbies for a girl...

Cars and racing
Diecast cars (mostly rally related)
Old racing memorabilia
Horse stamps... :oops: (ummm... thinking of selling those)
Reading

Yeah, you're definitely the tomboy.

Well.. except for the horse stamps. :lol: