03/12/07

Welcome to my photography Web site

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t interested in photography.  I grew up in a time when photographs rivaled the printed word as the most effective media, when Life Magazine was king, and Playboy was just getting started.  TV had not yet taken over.

My first camera was a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye which used 620 film.  I still have most of the images I took with that camera and am still proud of them.  In the interim I have taken thousands of images:  slides, color negative, black and white which I self-developed, and now digital.

My first formal photography course, however, was less than a year ago, after I semi-retired.  Never mind that I am now working harder than I did then at my day job, my interest in photography is higher than it has ever been.

Photography provides a means to express myself; to capture, view, and communicate what I see and how I see it.  While the process of creating an image is thoroughly enjoyable, it is also very important to me that others enjoy what I create.  I also want to learn more about the art and science of photography in order to increase my abilities to create images that are better quality, are more interesting, and are composed concisely.  Finally, I want to find an area or areas where my interests and talent meld, and I can focus my work for maximum enjoyment and impact.