Hello from the Chicagoland area, new hobbyist

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Hello from the Chicagoland area, new hobbyist

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Hi everyone. My name is Kevin. I found a love for playing cards in kind of a strange way. For years I have been a watch collector and watch photographer. I’ve always enjoyed taking photos of watches with objects, backgrounds and textures. Somewhere along the way I began to enjoy taking photos of watches with playing cards as a backdrop or element in the frame. I just loved all the details and soon wanted to branch out from just the run of the mill Walgreens Bicycle deck. So I started to see what else was out there. That’s when I became away for the wide world of playing cards. I thought a few backs a few years back but had a couple kids since then and all interests were put on hold. Lately, however I’ve gotten back into playing cards and photography.

I have a small and modest collections so far. Here’s my collection on PlayingCardHub.

https://playingcardhub.com/chartzngrafs/collection

Excited to learn more about playing cards and some of the artists and makers out there.
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Welcome to the show.
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Welcome aboard ;)
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Welcome to UC Kevin. Enjoy your stay here. Feel free to share some of your photos here.
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Hi Kevin from another one. I think I must be on the spectrum because I cannot handle the Timex watch on that angle instead of the 3 at three o'clock :)
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Honeybee wrote: Thu Jan 30, 2025 5:32 pm Hi Kevin from another one. I think I must be on the spectrum because I cannot handle the Timex watch on that angle instead of the 3 at three o'clock :)
Ha! Sorry for hurting your brain!
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