About Joe

I became interested in photography when my parents gave me my first Kodak camera as a little kid.  At that time, it used film in the shape of a mini CD and I thought it took the best photos in the world.  I was amazed at how you could capture moments in time on a little negative.

As I grew up, I started moving towards the more advanced film cameras such as the Single Lens Reflex (SLR) and discovered all of the creative and fun things I could do with an SLR that I could not do with a point and shoot camera.  For me, the best part of the photography experience, whether using a point and shoot or a SLR, was having the film developed and seeing the final results of my work.  Sometimes the results were good and sometimes they were not so good.

As camera technology evolved into the late 90s and 21st Century, digital cameras started establishing a foothold.  While I was an avid film user for many years, I started to become more critical of my photo taking ability, especially when the photos I was taking were not coming out as I expected.

I begrudgingly made the transition from a film SLR to a digital SLR and I have not looked back since.  It is incredible how with digital today you see immediate results (some would call instant gratification) and if you do not like how the photo came out you can just take it again.  So now instead of taking 15 rolls of film with me when I go away on vacation, I have 2-3 memory cards and shoot more photos on those 2-3 memory cards than I could have with 15 rolls of film!

Over the past few years, I’ve started entering some of my photos into the various local fairs (i.e. Goshen, Durham, etc.).  I’ve been privileged enough to win a variety of ribbons at each of the fairs, most notably 1st place at the Big E. I hope you have as much enjoyment perusing through the photos on my website as I had taking them.