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I'm
currently 53 years old, divorced and disabled. I have 3 children, the
youngest of which is 20 years old now. My work background was in
electronics; primarily communications. It was on the job in communications
that I was injured 18 years ago. My foray into photography started 4 years
ago when I bought an Olympus D-400z point and shoot. Mostly so I could
take pictures to email to a few friends, but also to give me something to
do with my time. That led me to doing macro photography. After quite a bit
of experimenting around with different ways of getting closer I settled on
using magnifying glasses, and incorporated them into a homemade macro lens
that works good on the smaller cameras. All of my macro shots where taken
using that lens, and I have an album set up on my album site with
instructions on how it was made at:
www.picturetrail.com/amiga7
The
constant bending of doing macro started taking its toll on my injuries, so
I've pretty much stopped doing macro work now, and have branched out a
bit. Walking sometimes helps, so I go to the Lowry Park zoo that's close
to where I live, and take pictures of the animals there. Any decent ones
that I get are made up into slideshows, burned to CD's, and given to the
workers at the zoo. With a great deal of help on their part I've also put
together a CD for the aviary that ID's every bird on their inventory. It's
used by new keepers to the aviary to learn the different birds, and where
they are located at in the zoo. It keeps me busy, and that was the
original idea behind getting into photography. It's an idea that has
worked well for me.
I would
like to thank the 3 Amigos for this opportunity to display my work, and I
hope you enjoy. |
