iluvboojums

Member Since: January 28, 2006

  • Location

    Central Indiana

  • Biography

    I started taking photos with a 620 format Mark XII. It was a plastic camera and it used large flashbulbs. Yes this was a few years ago when if you had a TV it was Black and White. I really got started as a Junior in High School when I got to tinkering in the unused school darkroom. Playing with the bw film convince me that this was my future. After High Scool I purchased my first slr, a Mamiya Secor 100DTL. My major in college was Zoology (animal bilogy) and that was what my degree was in. I enjoyed it very much but photography was my avocation. Did my 1st photo-essay for my Folklore class which was covering the lives of those living in a commune called "Padanaram". This was shot on Tri-x and Ektachrome.

    This was my real start and it has been ever since. I have been employed doing several different things as well as a CSI technician with the Tucson Police Department serving as a fingerprint specialist and a crime scene photographer. Yes there was plenty of blood and gore. I free-lanced as a photographer since HS but finding a job as a photographer only panned out for a short stint in a professional photo studio. That was for the birds. I served many years as a salesman for a variety of products and remained true to my love of photography and continued to freelance.

    Finally I decided to take the plunge and open a studio for photography and graphic design and to sell myself. I have never looked back on that decision with dismay. I am where I want to be only wish that I was a bit richer.

    Computers and the Digital Photographic Age is one heck of a Combination that I never foresaw back in those early days. It is sure much improved over the Slide Rule and the plastic camera that I used oh so not very long ago.

    iluvboojums - That story is to come.

  • Artist's Statement

    I am open to anything that reflects light.

  • Camera Equipment

    Canon(s) Film Cameras - The Original F1, New F1, T-90, Plus Medium Format Mamiya RB-67, Yashica Mat 124, Digital Cameras - Canon Rebel 300 and XT350 and Panasonic Lumix 10.

  • Favorite Photographers

    Edward Weston

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