wow, some great photography. I gotta get back into the game... Back in the late 70's early 80's I was really involved with photography and producing a few video productions. Prior to that, back in the mid to late 60's that's all I did. I attended Brooks photography school in Santa Barbara prior to going into the Army. During my state side duty, I ran the photography shop on base and then when I returned from Viet Nam and got stationed in Germany, I work in the photo shop on base. After leaving the military, I got into shooting weddings, (something I wouldn't do again). Back then we shot film and hope to hell all the shots came out. I'd walk around the church with a light meter making sure I had enough light, checked all my batteries and chargers, etc.. The only problem I had during my adventures were with mothers and mother-in-laws. One of my big things was the 8x10 bellows camera I use to use for the group shots. I made perfect prints. I had bought a 8x10 linhoff bellows camera in Germany. I also use to develop and print all the photo's from each wedding.
One thing I just found out recently, like two days ago from my daughter, my uncle who lived in SF was the gardner for Ansel Adams when he lived in the Bay Area. His is shown with Ansel Adams when Ansel was shooting with a Polaroid instant camera.. This was a documentary that Ansel made when testing the camera for the company. I mean he had every little detail written down in a log book. Funny thing is even my first cousin didn't know anything about this until my daughter was talking to his daughter about this.
My daughter is really into to this family tree stuff. She knows more about sides of my family than I do. She's also big into photography.
She just completed presentation on the history of the Japanese Americans on the west coast that was organized by a large company. So far out of 2,000 entries, she is in the top 3. She'll know sometime in September if she placed first.
So I guess I better break out the camera gear and start shooting. I live near Yosemite, sequoia national park and kings river canyon. Lot's of opportunities.
John, you got me motivated
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