My parents gave me my first camera when I was ten or eleven. I found it interesting but not exciting. It collected a lot of dust over the years. 20 years later I bought a manual Minolta film camera. I thought it was a great idea at that time but found I did not have the patience for a manual camera and it was even worse when I went into the dark room to develop the film. I contribute my lack of inspirational photography to pure laziness.
25 plus years later I bought a digital Canon G2. There was some photography excitement now with the digital since I was starting to travel. 10 years later after my Canon G2, I began to understand and appreciate the fine art of photography and what I had missed out on by not having the patience to photograph with a film camera. After enrolling in a photography school, my knowledge and excitement grew in leaps and bounds. Buy the way, I bought two film cameras, one being a medium format and a 35 mm. I then understood how special film was.
As the excitement continued, I became fascinated with the ability to shape light. My day job was in the operating room where the overhanging lights used during surgery created a new dimension of speculum light. To be able to take this light outside and apply it too whatever I wanted to photograph gave me more ideas, which brings me to where I am today. Photography has continued to excite me in every aspect from my extended adventures to 7 continents and beyond. I’ve grown to appreciate the many conversations I’ve had with those I’ve photographed. Photography has become another means of communication.