I retired as a photojournalist working for papers in metro Atlanta. As a journalism student at the University of Georgia I worked as a
staff photographer for UGA shooting visiting icons such as Margaret Mead and Erskine Caldwell as well as campus events, concerts, and sports. It was an ideal situation for a college student with little funds. I had free unlimited film and darkroom facilities and access to everything happening on a large college campus. This early experience would have probably put anyone on the path of becoming a photographer.
When I retired I left the world of heavy Nikons and began shooting rangefinders. In my last position, I worked with Neil McGahee, winner of the 1983 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, who gave me the rangefinder bug and taught me how the rangefinder process can enhance your joy in capturing life with a camera.
The image Desperado was taken with a rangefinder that has a monochrome
CMOS sensor.
