All Things Camera

All things Camera.

That's a big subject, and one I can't possibly hope to cover in depth, but I have some small experience with the little beasties and their vagueries that might be of use.

I use Canons. In the beginning - back when I was young and foolish, my Dad gave me a Canonet, which was, in its day, a high end point and shoot basic camera. This was the first camera that was "mine" - well, other than some junky instamatics and an old Brownie. The Canonet worked well for nearly 30 years of intermittant use and neglect, always coming through when it was needed. Then it died.

You like that? Just when you expected a really gruesome death scene, all you get is "it died"...

Shortly after the demise of the treasured Canonet, I happened into my Dad's darkroom. It had been probably 10 years since he had done any real work there, but the chemical smell was as pungent as if it was yesterday. Everything came flooding back. My love for the craft, the time I spent there in the dark while Dad was developing Ektachrome for clients, all the black and white photos I did for the school yearbook.... I wanted to recaptiure a bit of the good memories.

So I bought a camera. A decent one, though not top of the line, a Canon EOS Elan. What an absolutely delightful camera! I must have run through a thousand frames that first month, getting to know the little beastie, and the single thing that impressed me most was the lack of bad habits. Put the little dial on "P" (for professional).... (that's a joke...) and it would, most of the time, capture a very acceptable image.

In time, I started doing weddings for friends, then bought a second Elan as a backup. About this time, my daughter Mindy started to show a better than passing interest in Photography, and so we two would do the weddings.

Now, since 1999, we are a "real business", doing weddings, portraits and events, virtual tours, and just about anything that involves capturing an image.

Life is good.

So what about "All Things Camera?" It's a shameless hook, one that will hopefully lure you back from time to time to talk about Cameras and photography and all that good stuff. We capture memories for sharing, you and I, and everyone who clicks the shutter.