JCelsius

Hi all! I'm a hobbyist photographer with an enthusiasm for shooting on film. Lucky me considering we have Photo USA right here!

I have taken plenty of pictures of my usual haunts and I'm looking for somewhere new and interesting to go shoot a roll or two. it doesn't have to be in Roanoke per se, but in the general area. Something unusual or interesting. Unique architecture or photogenic characters. Just something besides nature. I love a good nature shot, but I want a change of pace.

So any areas or landmarks or upcoming events that you feel would make a good picture, let me know!

Let me start by saying while I haven't had an active cell for over four years, I have a little exposure. My wife has a Galaxy S3 and a friend of mine gave me a Nexus 4 which I have used pretty much as a glorified tablet (it has no signal where I live so I didn't activate it). My life is a little more active now though and I feel the need for a phone. So where do I begin? I'll list my priorities:

• It needs to be able to pick up Verizon towers: While my wife uses StraightTalk, I'm fairly certain her phone picks up Verizon towers where we live. Anyone who comes to our house with a Verizon phone gets decent signal. Others do not fair so well. I'm in the US by the way. Virginia if that help

My mother died unexpectedly last Tuesday. It has been as terrible as you can imagine. This Tuesday, my wife stopped by my mother's house to make sure everything was okay. My mother had some sketchy friends.

As she gets there, she finds a woman inside getting some DVDs. Now, we had locked all the doors so this was odd. On top of that, all the jewelry was stolen from my mother's bedroom and it was obvious people had gone through the drawers, probably looking for leftover pills. My wife called the police and the landlord said he gave the woman permission to enter the house. According to him, when they arrived, the air conditioning window unit had been knocked in the house and the jewelry was