I was born and raised in the state of Michigan. More specifically, I lived in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, near the small town of Ironwood, and only about twenty miles from Lake Superior. I spent the first twenty-one years of my life there, and then moved to the Detroit area, to find work. After I retired from Ford Motor Company, my wife, Ann and I moved to Summerville, South Carolina, in 2003.
My first camera was a Kodak Brownie box camera. It took 127 Kodak film and the film was developed at the local camera store. I first used this camera when I was about twelve years old. But, I really became interested in photography during my junior year in high school. My first SLR was an Exakta 35mm, with a 55mm prime lens. This was quickly followed by a Nikon FTN with the 50mm prime, and a 200mm telephoto lens. Soon after buying our first home, I built a complete B&W darkroom and used it as time permitted, over a twenty-five year period.
Over the years, I have owned the following cameras:
- Kodak Brownie
- Kodak Pony 135
- Exakta SLR
- Nikon FTN SLR
- Canon AE-1 SLR
- Mamiya C330 TLR
- Calumet 4x5 view
- Shen-Hao HZX-45IIA 4x5 view
- Cambo SCX 8x10 view
- Minolta 7000 SLR
- Minolta 8000i SLR
- Hasselblad 501C
- Nikon D2x
- Nikon D70
- Nikon D200
- Nikon D300
- Nikon D700
- Nikon D800
- Nikon D810
- Nikon Z7
I still own some of them.
Other than photography, I am interested in computers/software, woodworking, and music (mostly Jazz).
I have sold images through the following locations:
The Summerville Farmer's Market.
The Summerville Third Thursday.
The South Carolina Artisans Center in Walterboro.
I have had images printed in the following:
The Milwaukee Journal.
Popular Photography.
