Welcome
I started taking pictures in the ’60s with my mother’s Kodak Duex camera (620 film) which she had since the ’40s. I got more serious about photography in college where I had an art minor, and I was a photographer for the school yearbook. Then for thirty years in my “film days”, I used the same two cameras: a Nikon F2 and a Mamiya RB67.
Early ’80s.
I had darkrooms starting in high school and later in two of my homes. For a couple years I experimented with a 4×5″ Crown Graflex view camera, but then I switched to digital in 2002. Currently I use a Sony a7RIII.
For the past 50 years I considered myself primarily a landscape photographer, but when I look at my “landscapes”, most include lots of water. I’m drawn to water. My spiritual home is anywhere in nature but particularly the North Shore of Lake Superior. Therefore one of the Galleries is “Water Scapes”. In recent years, my wife has encouraged me to take more wildlife photos, and you see the results of that in the “Wildlife” gallery. I also enjoy photographing still-life and people, and I’ve dabbled in altered reality using Photoshop.
Since 2018, I’ve been a member of the Western Wisconsin Photography Club (https://wiphotoclub.com/) where I’m continually inspired by the talented members of the club.
I’ve been happily retired since 2013. My wife and I enjoy our friends, family, home, gardens and traveling. In addition to photography, I’m a serious woodworker designing and building furniture for our home. Another important part of my retirement has been singing in a men’s chorus and a few different quartets. Finally, our miniature dachshund, Freddie, keeps us entertained.
Freddie looking into your soul.