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Hello Fellow Photographers, My name is Marcus - aka Flickr Flame here on this wonderful website. I grew up with Photography - my father was a Pro, and starting at the age of 2, he would have me in his darkroom while my mother tended to my new baby brother. So I reckon I started learning VERY early thru osmosis and naturally became a Visually oriented person. This was reinforced by the advent of that little magic box we called the Television - WoW, Cartoons & Walt Disney !!!
Next it was the Movies - the drive-in, 3-D and Cinerama, I was fascinated by that flickering beam of light emanating from a tiny window in the rear of the balcony wall; and I later discovered the source of that beam and became a Projectionist myself.
I was always looking at great photos in magazines like National Geographic and Arizona Highways and NPPA news, and of course my fathers work as well. I had the use of many fine cameras that my dad owned and honed my own skills with his Yashica, Leica and Nikons, not to mention the free film and processing he provided along with his advice and tips.
Dad had a modest collection of antique cameras and some magic lanterns - when he retired he sold them and became a collector and dealer of antique postcards - endlessly fascinating images of every subject under the sun from 100 yrs ago - and I still enjoy collecting them and other ephemea today.
Now in the Digital age, I spend endless hours shooting old images of all types to archive and preserve for historical research. I also love to shoot nature, architecture and just about anything made out of old wood. I love to capture odd and unusual angles and juxtapositions and try to capture and present some aspect that would normally escape the notice of the average viewer. Composition is my forte and I have taught several classes on this aspect. I now use the very handy Leica V-Lux 1 and would recommend it to everyone as an affordable all purpose crossover camera. Panasonic Lumix with a Leica lens is essentially the same quality. I also recently got a highly versatile, Sony DSC - HX5V pocket camera, which can do just about anything & and extremely well.
Some of the lesser quality resolution photos I have posted here in my photo stream were taken years ago with my first digital camera - the 3.2 Megapixel Nikon Coolpix 995 with the swivel body and a wide angle lens. That was before they had the anti-shake and other foolproof features available now. I find myself going back to re-shoot many subjects again with the better Leica camera so I can enlarge and print them to show and sell when the economy recovers.
Well friends, thanks for reading my profile - I hope you enjoy perusing my work, and please dont hesitate to give me some feedback OR ask questions. I will leave you with this quote from Mark Twain - " You cannot depend on your eyes . . . . when your imagination is out of focus."


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