I live at 7100 ft. above sea level near Los Alamos, New Mexico, US. I have been a photographer since 1949 at age ten using a Argus C3 given to me on my birthday. My father became a photographer during WWII while in the US Navy, he passed this lifelong hobby onto me.
I learned all the ins and outs of darkroom processing from my dad, he had a small photo business using the press cameras made popular at the time. He eventually acquired 35mm cameras too, among them were Exaktas, and Contarex bullseyes,along with120 twin lens Rollies, even a couple of big LinHoffs.
I carried what I learned from him through the years, even became the base photo guy at two locations while in the US Air force. I used a twin lens Yashica to picture NCO graduates trained at the location,, develop and sell the photos for 2 dollars a piece. That enabled me to purchase my first SLR, a Pentax H3v and later some lenses for it. I used that all through the rest of my Air Force years.
In between then and now I became an Mechanical Engineer and retired after 35 years of work. the cameras i have had over the years include Pentax MX, ME 35mm, then Canon T-90 and A-1 before going into digital. I have had several Canon Rebels and later moved to full frame with 6D and 5D4 as well as M3 and M6 then M6II. lots and lots of lenses from 14mm to 100-400L glass.
A resurgence of film interest showed up and got me hooked. I have some great old cameras and use them all. I have two Nikons, a F2as and a F4s 35mm, a Canon P and 7Sz a Rollie 3.5 along with my favorite Mamiya RB67. The RB lenses are 50, 65, 90 mm. I have several film backs and the top hat cds meter viewfinder. My tripods are very sturdy carbon fiber HD units so I am all set to have hours of fantastic experiences.
I all these years of doing photography I have learned three things for sure.
One, whatever the results, if it pleases you , it's ok
Two... everything learned is subject to improvement...No body knows it all.
Three...Leaning new things every day is part of the fun
Bill Canon
I learned all the ins and outs of darkroom processing from my dad, he had a small photo business using the press cameras made popular at the time. He eventually acquired 35mm cameras too, among them were Exaktas, and Contarex bullseyes,along with120 twin lens Rollies, even a couple of big LinHoffs.
I carried what I learned from him through the years, even became the base photo guy at two locations while in the US Air force. I used a twin lens Yashica to picture NCO graduates trained at the location,, develop and sell the photos for 2 dollars a piece. That enabled me to purchase my first SLR, a Pentax H3v and later some lenses for it. I used that all through the rest of my Air Force years.
In between then and now I became an Mechanical Engineer and retired after 35 years of work. the cameras i have had over the years include Pentax MX, ME 35mm, then Canon T-90 and A-1 before going into digital. I have had several Canon Rebels and later moved to full frame with 6D and 5D4 as well as M3 and M6 then M6II. lots and lots of lenses from 14mm to 100-400L glass.
A resurgence of film interest showed up and got me hooked. I have some great old cameras and use them all. I have two Nikons, a F2as and a F4s 35mm, a Canon P and 7Sz a Rollie 3.5 along with my favorite Mamiya RB67. The RB lenses are 50, 65, 90 mm. I have several film backs and the top hat cds meter viewfinder. My tripods are very sturdy carbon fiber HD units so I am all set to have hours of fantastic experiences.
I all these years of doing photography I have learned three things for sure.
One, whatever the results, if it pleases you , it's ok
Two... everything learned is subject to improvement...No body knows it all.
Three...Leaning new things every day is part of the fun
Bill Canon
