A friend of my
mom bought me a
camera when I was
10-years old.
It was one of
those reflex
cameras which
used an odd film
size. I was
hooked.
My
dad bought be a
Kodak Stereo
camera when I was
16. I still
have it even
though it quit
working one day
when I was
shooting rocks on
the Atlantic
coast.
Never got it
fixed. It
was a 35-mm as
well and I must
have taken close
to a thousand
slides with it.
I still have
coiled rolls of
developed film.
My
next camera was a
nice 35 mm that I
bought from Sears
when I was 18,
although I
returned it six
months later.
Couldn't afford
it. I took
a lot of color
slides with that
camera and I
still have the
light meter that
I used with it.
When I graduated
from college in
1985, my dad gave
me a nice Pentax
35 mm film
camera.
100% manual
operation.
I still have it
as well.
But first, a message
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OK, I'm going for a
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Now, back to the real
story . . .
In 1997, I
purchased two
kinds of cameras.
My first digital
which was an
Olympus and a
nice fully
automatic Canon
35 mm SLR. The
Canon had more
controls then I
knew what do with
them. The
digital could
only hold 20
640x480 images.
It didn't have
any card slots.
Like I said, it
was one of the
first pure bred
digitals.
Shortly
thereafter, I
upgraded to a 1
megapixel and the
Canon went into
hibernation.
I transitioned
quite easily.
My last digital
camera was
purchased three
years ago, the
Olympus E-Volt
500. Nice
camera. I
think my next one
will be a Nikon
D70 or D80.
I might wait
until the D100 is
released.
I've also owned
the Olympus 3000,
4000
and 5050 cameras.
I still have the
3 megapixel and I
loaned the 5
megapixel to a
friend. The 4000
got stolen
a few weeks after
I acquired it -
it was a very
nice camera.
When I got the
insurance money,
I upgraded to the
5050.
When I was
studying for my
degree in
marketing, I had
a chance to take
a camera class.
The purpose of
the class was
to teach the
basics of how a
camera worked
rather then how
to develop film.
I learned a lot
from that class.
I turned Pro in
2003 after two
photos were
printed in a New
York Best Seller
photography hard
cover book.
Then I began
shooting models,
commercial work,
and car show
exhibits.
In 2004, I formed
a team of local
photographers to
do once a year
major events.
Some photography
from those events
has been sold
commercially as
well as
privately.
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