1 Overwhelmed by Photos
In 1986 my Uncle Ray and Aunt Doris bought me my first camera, a Minolta Weathermatic A. It was a waterproof point-and-shoot camera that used 110 film and was the perfect rugged camera for an eleven-year-old boy to take to camp, to the beach, and on vacation to Yosemite National Park. I would often shoot an entire roll of film in a week as I explored the world around me and captured my early memories.
In 1988 I started using my mother’s Asahi Pentax K1000. This was a classic 35mm SLR that sold more than three million units, and it was the camera I used to learn about the interplay of aperture, shutter speed, and film speed. I learned to develop my own film in the bathroom, and in my eagerness to improve my photography, ...
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