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My interest in photography
started over 25 years ago when I
took my first photography class.
Back then I used an Olympus
OM-1n fully manual SLR which I
absolutely loved and still have
today. I shot mostly
black and white film and did all
my own developing and printing.
Buried in a box someplace I have
rolls of negatives and binders
full of prints.
Fast forward several years and
my trusty old OM-1n was just
plain worn out. Light meter
didn’t work anymore, the
aperture blades in my 50mm lens
would often stick and a few
other sundry issues forced me to
put the camera away. By this
time life had taken over and
with raising kids, paying
mortgages, and a list of other
priorities just didn't leave any
money to replace the OM-1n so I
decided to wait until I could
afford good equipment, and I
waited, and waited, and…
In the mean time my lovely wife
Terry had been shooting first
Pentax and then with Canon film
equipment, which would influence
my future choices, for years. She too is
very talented especially with
portraiture work and she has a
keen eye for good composition;
things that come very naturally
to her but are work for me.
In spring 2004 I went down to
Atlanta Motor Speedway for the
NASCAR race weekend armed with
my daughters Point and Shoot
camera. By the time I left
Atlanta I was so frustrated with
the shutter lag of a P&S
I decided then and there that by
2005 race weekend I’d have a new
camera and appropriate lenses to
go with it. To that resolve, I
bought my first Canon DSLR
around Christmas that year. A
Digital Rebel was all I could
afford but it sure was better
than that P&S and even nicer to
have a (D)SLR camera again.
Since then I’ve added a 20D and
a 1D Mark III to
my collection along with several
quality lenses, flashes, and
other necessary accessories.
Over the past few years I’ve had
a blast relearning everything I
learned years ago with that
OM-1n along with all the new
things that come with shooting
and developing digital images.
Although still burdened with
many of the same
responsibilities that kept me
from photography for many years,
I'm finding that having the
occasional release of picking up
the camera is well worth the
expense both Terry and I have
incurred to support our hobby.
I certainly hope you enjoy
viewing my photographs as much
as I've enjoyed creating them.
Rob Kircher |
