My training goes back to college, where I minored in Studio Art, focusing on B/W Film photography. The courses I studied centered on technical proficiency exposing B/W film in a manually-metered camera, and controlling all elements of developing the negatives by hand. Darkroom technique followed, enlarging 35mm B/W prints with an enlarger, choosing contrast filters, and manipulating chemical techniques for prints.
Today, I am embracing digital processes as a new endeavor, while continuing to shoot and develop B/W film aligned with my training. Now that digital photography has become the norm, many photographers have expressed new interest in the old ways shooting on film, and I welcome their curiosity with open arms. I hope to spread my knowledge and passion for chemical-process photography to the next wave of enthusiasts, while promoting a unified appreciation for photography in its most basic definition: Recording an exposure of light that is framed, focused, and intensity-controlled by a person manipulating a photsensitive instrument called a camera, regardless of recording media.