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Gordon Castle

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May 5th, 2015 - 08:38 PM

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The World as Seen Through the Square Eye

My journey down the old photography highway began while serving a tour at Wildwood Station, Alaska, and discovering that they had a darkroom that was never used. I traded a pistol for my first 35mm camera, bought several rolls of B&W film and dove right in. Back then photography it was not considered an art form; we, as photographers were thought of as simple "scene recorders". Things have changed over the course of the last 60 years and photographers and their "recordings' have won a place alongside other artists with their various forms of expression. Like anything else I find interest in I want to learn more about it, so, of course, I took a two year course in photography and darkroom techniques upon returning to the Southern 48 .... chemicals, emulsions, temperature, pushing and pulling ISOs... fascinating stuff. I added several cameras and studio lighting over the next few years. While stationed in the Washington D.C. Area I did freelance work for several magazines and newspapers, and doing portraits to supplement a Sgt's pay.

Being on the road for 30 years I soon found it difficult to hold on to 'physical' images. Colour slides and B&W negatives and prints were inevitably lost bit by bit including over 500 slides of wild Alaska. It was then I decided that military service and photography were not all that compatible and sold off around 65 pounds of cameras and accessories and put photography 'on hold' until retirement.

I picked back up on photography a few years ago only to find out that everything was digital now. The basics of photography hadn't changed, just the equipment …. and I loved it. Hundreds of digital images could be stored on a chip no bigger than my thumbnail. My traveling didn't stop, but now I travel the world for pleasure and not 'business'. I shall do my best over the next few years to add a few interesting photos from around the world and in the back yard.

Please feel free to visit my website or Fine Art America and comment and critique my works. I'm always open to suggestions to improve my work and to take photographs that folks enjoy looking at. So, any advice you can give on how or what to shoot .... Go for it! I'd love to hear from you.

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