Jim, a retired teacher, has been experiencing the joys of photography since his early teen years.

He has been an avid color and black and white darkroom worker for well over thirty years, and a 'digital learner' for the past several. Although slightly saddened at having to give up favorite darkroom techniques such as solarization, Kodalith line separation imaging, color toning and hand coloring; the lure and wonder of working with Photoshop, with its limitless possibilities, have finally won him over to the 'light side'. He is really enjoying finding ways to convert previously used darkroom skills to digital image printing. At the same time the 4 x 5 View Camera and Nikon film cameras have been replaced with a Sony R1 digital which has been modified for infrared capture.

Favorite subjects include landscapes, still life work, and the recording of family events and celebrations.

"With after dark landscapes, light painting is allowing me to exert considerable control over how various aspects of the final scene will appear in print form. Light-box imaging, along with finding ways to use the flatbed scanner as a 'camera' are photographic interests that I'm currently exploring, and having a lot of fun with. At the same time, digital imaging is allowing me to take an image far beyond the former limitations of the darkroom."