How did I become bored enough to start a Blog - that I expect no one will ever read? They say that the best place to hide dead bodies is on the second page of a Google search. Well, now it's the second best place. So with the expectation that no one (or at least not very many) will ever read this, it will serve as my semi confidential photo diary. I'll call it my Blogary.
Dear Blogary (Feb 7, 2018): So here I am at age 70 and then some. I have lived in the Fredericksburg, Virginia area since 1969. The story is typical of photography enthusiasts my age. We started out with film cameras before our teen age years. When we were in junior high and high school we were in the photography club. We developed our own black & whites at home & pitched the chemicals down the drain. It was way before the EPA and seat belts, too. So long as I didn't explode something or set anything on fire, which occasionally happened, I was able to experiment on my own - an educational experience not much valued today.
Two Virginia Tech engineering degrees later and a well paying job, I got my first really cool camera. It was a 35mm Minolta SLR. I don't remember the model, but it was in the very early 1970's. My first digital camera was an Olympus e-10. I got that camera in 2001. Some of the photographs on this website were taken with that camera. Although the ones I have chosen to include are compositionally OK, they could use a few more pixels. In 2010, for better or worse, I committed to Nikon. The D700 had an affordable, full-frame sensor, and I invested quite a bit in full-frame lenses - who could resist. Now, I am happily shooting the D850 - so many nice features, especially the focusing control stick - I love it for tripod shooting and focus stacking.
For the past 14 years, I have worked at Syntronics, as a Partner and Chief Executive. We sold our company to General Atomics in October 2017 and, after a short consulting stint, I became a free agent in January 2018. I started a new company called V-Poly Design, LLC in October 2017. Later deciding I would rather focus more in the photographic arts arena, I purchased the domains for V-Poly Photography, as well.
So, this is where my next career begins. Although income is now not necessary, the desire to remain creative is.