My first camera was a little Japanese all plastic camera my mother bought for me in the local pharmacy for $2. My first shot, when I was all of 4 or 5 years old, was of our dog Rusty on our front deck. I still remember how excited I was to take those first shots. Sadly, that camera didn’t last too long, and my early dreams of becoming a photographer were soon deconstructed in the name of science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My next attempt to get into photography was thwarted by my grade 8 guidance councelor who deemed that “Photography 1” had too many kids in it, and a ninth 13 year old just wasn’t going to work in the darkroom, no matter how keen they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That same councilor redeemed himself (if only slightly) in grade 10 by finding a photographer to take me on for a day after a career apptitude test placed me firmly in the realm of “Professional Photographer”. My mentor for the day was a jaded wedding photographer who told me 90% of his job was running back and forth to the photo lab and retouching photo’s of brides who thought they looked prettier than they were. I was foiled again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It wasn’t until the end of University that I began to get serious about photography. I took courses, conned and cajoled friends and aquantances to model for me, and began a life long love affair with travel and landscape photography. Along the way I decided that a full time career in photography was maybe a rougher road than I was willing to follow, so being an artsy kind of guy, I began to work in the Graphic Design field thanks to some courses and some very trusting employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the last 25 years I have worked in the graphic design field and pursued my life long love of photography all while being a stay-at-home dad. This is all thanks to an absolutely amazing wife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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