Alexmmx

I started out as photo student at my high school, and used my father's Rangefinder Contax, and a Praktica, that later did the usual newspaper, and yearbook, then went to City College of SF, leading in getting a BFA degree at the Academy of Art, then did some Fashion on the side, and next had to get a job. Soon a year later, I went on my first trip to Japan in 1985, since then I change from Fashion to do Travel & Documentary Photo. Since then I have traveling mostly every year, and in 2004, and then got a job teaching photography with a side order of digital. I enjoy in what I'm doing, and that with photography media changing every 6 months that I still rely on shooting film. Only work there for about 4 months, then I return back to San Francisco, and work in the camera store again where I started there in the first place. Even though I have seen ALOT of changes in traditional to digital photography, but its the image that is memorable.

In the gear that I used well I have 40 year Nikons, and I do have Fuji S2Pro, Fuji Finepix 4700, and Nikon Coolpix 950, but then I went back shooting onto film, and I scan them myself, then later I bought a Canon 7 Rangefinder, and also some Kiev 4(Contax Copies) Rangefinders. I love in using them, they do not the normal Bells, and Whistles. Plus I do not like using when I see the latest in camera gadgets, and seeing a camera geek trying to take a photo to see if that would make it better.

I really use just simple logic to used a camera, and I remember what photographer Edward Stieichen said: "No Photographer is as good as the Simplest Camera". And my hang ups are people who brag about their gear lugging those huge lens with their cameras-whats with that? can you keep it simple? to me there not shooters-just braggers. I do not have or either used Aperture, or Lightroom or CS3, I have the simplest gear, film, and flatbed scanner, and Adobe Photoshop 5, and Jasc Pro Paint Shop8, and Nero, and Wondershare. I am more happier with using those in what I can use. I am more interested in the Photograph-the PHOTOGRAPH that's all, Mind you, and again my photo instructors in the pass has ask me if you have a system, and use it, do not change, and keep it simple stupid. My digital gear is a Fuji Finepix, and Coolpix are only 2 pixels, and the Samsung is only 2 pixels, and I also have the Fuji Finepix S2Pro so Im happy with it. Just have fun, and created photography.