An Old Army-Trained Combat Photographer
I learned to take photographs in the Army using the then standard, Model 1912 Speed Graphic 4x5" camera. Yes that's right: 4x5 sheet-film holder, flash bulbs, separate rangefinder and viewfinders. My fist assignment was to shoot a series of "grip and grins" as a general pinned medals on a row of solders. Between sliding in the sheet film holder, replacing the flash bulb, removing the shutter, focusing the camera and then switching to the viewfinder to frame the shot, my pictures came out a little crooked. So the grizzled Chief Warrant officer who ran the Class 1 Photo Lab at Ft. Benning learned me real quick how to take level pictures. He issued me a sturdy, heavy, solid oak, 35-mm movie camera tripod to tote around with me in addition to the camera kit. I have not taken a crooked picture since. Not wanting to give any money to the loathsome Adobe Software Co, I have been using The GIMP, the Open Source pixel-base photo manipulation program to retouch product shots for clients, for personal fun, and to annoy all my friends.
In addition to the product shots in my recent portfolio, since we names our Chihuahua "Simba" in a PC effort to boost his self-esteem. So I got a publicity still from the Disney web site and retouched out all the pesky lettering and copyright notices and stuff.
In addition to the product shots in my recent portfolio, since we names our Chihuahua "Simba" in a PC effort to boost his self-esteem. So I got a publicity still from the Disney web site and retouched out all the pesky lettering and copyright notices and stuff.