I grew up in Chicago, served in the Army and then moved to Colorado in 1972 where I still reside. I had a job in the late 70's as a traveling photographer in a 5 state region taking photographs of families and children in rural towns. Between towns, I would take landscape photographs as well. I've always had a darkroom wherever I lived although most of my work is now digital. I still develop B&W film using the wet chemical process, and then scan the finished negatives to digital where I can work on them on my [
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I grew up in Chicago, served in the Army and then moved to Colorado in 1972 where I still reside. I had a job in the late 70's as a traveling photographer in a 5 state region taking photographs of families and children in rural towns. Between towns, I would take landscape photographs as well. I've always had a darkroom wherever I lived although most of my work is now digital. I still develop B&W film using the wet chemical process, and then scan the finished negatives to digital where I can work on them on my computer. Most of the work that I do now is shot either with a digital Nikon, a medium format Hasselblad, or a Fuji panoramic camera. Using infrared film is a challenge; It has to be stored in a cool location, loaded in the camera in complete darkness and then the exposed film needs to return to a cool place until development, again in complete darkness. It's a little tricky when in hot and humid weather to have both hands in a dark bag loading film while getting bitten by mosquitos, deer flies, or no-see-ums. Or as when in Yellowstone in the winter, (23 below), to keep your hands and fingers warm while changing the film in the camera. I've taken many classes regarding digital output including photoshop and painter programs and incorporate those methods in my work very often. I own several cameras; a Nikon D1x digital, a Nikon film camera (FM2), a Hasselblad 501C film camera, and a Fuji G617 panoramic film camera.
I am planning to go to Florida and California this year on a photographic expedition to add to my landscape editions. [
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