I have an Associate of Applied Science in Commercial and Technical Photography from Seattle Central College. I attended in the late 1970’s when silver-based film photography was at it’s heyday. It was like a boot camp and I learned to do it all, from 35mm to 4×5, photographing in the studio and on location, and all the lab skills needed for black and white and color film and print processing. I covered the physics and chemistry of image-making from A to Z.
With the advent of digital imaging, I don’t miss the darkroom much and the ability to make images with no regard to film and processing budgets is very liberating. Of course I miss the nuance of fine printmaking, but I can use my camera as notepad and recorder, documenting life whenever and wherever, which suits my journalist side. I do need to be more prolific– there’s little excuse for that.
I like whimsical and unexpected views and every once in a while, it can smack you in the forehead. I was at the Pike Place Market one day and the workmen were climbing a ladder while the two people inspected something in the steep street below. The camera sees whatever you point it at, however you point it…
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