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Photography Story

In 1988 I graduated from The Ohio Institute of Photography in Dayton, Ohio with a diploma in Commercial Photography. Instead of putting what I'd learned to good use, I instead embarked on a career in computers that would prove more financially stable.

My love of taking pictures has never diminished, though, and the years in school were not without merit. I now use what I learned in school to do photography for several of the sites I've worked on. The school also gave me an understanding of light and composition that have proved valuable.

Over the last fourteen years I've traveled extensively across the United States and have had found many wonderful photo opportunities. I prefer to photograph nature, landscapes, and buildings as opposed to people. I'm particularly fond of photographing plants and flowers that grow at my Columbus home.

During spring of 2001 I had the fortune to visit Rome, Italy and shot sixteen rolls of film in eight days. I was fascinated with the architecture, churches, and people of the city. Since this was my first trip outside the United States, everything was occasion for a photo. I hope to return to Italy someday and photograph some of the beautiful countryside I saw while the plane was landing.

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Equipment

I use an Olympus Stylus 500 5.0 megapixel digital camera almost exclusively now. It is much better than my former Fuji camera and has a large viewing area that makes photography much easier.

I still use my 25+ year-old 35mm Minolta camera with a standard 50mm lens with 400 speed Fuji film. There are some things 35mm cameras can do that digital cannot. Mainly I like it because I have control over the depth of field and exposure in photos..

Some photos on this site were taken with my earlier owned Fuji Finepix 2100 digital camera, which is now the property of a good friend.

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