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Although I have photographs of me as a seven year old holding a Kodak box
camera, my serious journey with photography began at age twelve when my father
bought me a 35mm rangefinder camera before departing for a year-long stay in
Africa. While there, I photographed everything and those chromes still exist
today more than fifty years later!
During the years since then, I have pursued many interests and of course have
been busy raising a family and minding a career. Over time my interests included
wood working, fishing, aviation and amateur radio. Looking back on those years,
I realize that regardless of the other activities, photography was always an
important part of them. For instance, I created a slide show on satellite radio
operations and carried my camera with me on my flights in the northeast. In the
end, photography won out over my other interests and I have become an avid
nature and wild life photographer.I operated a B&W and color darkroom for
many years and particularly enjoyed creating large black and white prints from
my 35mm and medium format negatives. I spent many relaxing and sometimes
frustrating hours in my small but well equipped darkroom.
I enjoy adventure travel (and travel in general) and, of course, my photographic
equipment travels with me. The accumulation of many transparencies during these
travels led to the production of a number of programs which I present to clubs
and organizations in the area.
My journey with digital imaging began in 1990 when I accepted an offer from my
processor to have my images scanned to a floppy disk. Currently I shoot both
digitally and using film but increasingly my emphasis has been on digital
photography. Over the years I learned many things about digital imaging the hard
way and enjoy passing on what I have learned to others through courses I teach
at Three Rivers Community College in Norwich and at the Granite Street Gallery
in New London. The courses include an introduction to photography, digital
imaging and Photoshop.
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