David’s Photographic Life

At the age of 8 or 10 my father, who loved photography, gave me a box camera (pre-Browne). He would give me one roll of B&W film per week. At this young age, I would photograph my dog Canute, trees, clouds and plants. From there I was engaged in the art through high school. For the four years that I was at the University of Arizona, fellow students and I would photograph wildflowers, old mine sites, archeological sites and lighting over Tucson.

Later I enrolled at MECA for photographic courses as a continuing student. These were in the “old days” where we spent evenings in the B&W darkroom. It was great fun. Eventually I moved to the color machine.

Friends from these classes and I were founders of the Maine Photo Co-op in Portland, which eventually became the Bakery Photo Collective. I made the transition to digital in 2008. I still miss the effect of silver, but digital allows the artist to expand.

While living in Florence, Italy, I continued to explore photographing architecture detail, hill towns, and art as shown in design.

As a member of the Professional Photographers of America and the Maine Professional Photographers Association, I have taken extensive courses in Portraiture and Pet Photography.

I have expanded to work on environmental portraiture and the natural world. Currently my areas of interest are portraits, pets, fine art, and our natural world.