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Retired - Family and Photography. I'm an amateur photographer that just loves to go out and shoot whenever I can.

I started out years ago with a Kodak instamatic 110 camera for family and vacations photos. Love that little camera. As the children started to grow I saved enough money to purchase my first SLR, Canon AE-1 and I still have it. This camera served me well for many years, in fact it was so good I purchase the Canon EOS Elan IIe. Unfortunately, between work, kids getting older, flim and processing to expensive, I never really got to use this camera as much as I would have liked.

My first grandchild came along 12 years ago and I wanted a digital SLR. However, back then they were way to expensive so I decided to get a Sony DSC-F707. Once again time flew and the camera was put away until a tragedy in 2008. Our son was killed in an auto accident, he was 29 years old.

After the loss of our son we had a hard time finding recent photos of him. I told my wife this would never happen again and I went looking for a DSLR. All my friends that were into photography told me I had to get a Canon or Nikon, but for some reason I really liked the colors the Sony cameras were putting out, so I went for a Sony.

After several years I'm settled in with a Sony A550 and A580. On one camera I use the Carl Zeiss 16-80mm and on the other, Sony 70-400mm G Lens. Maybe, if I hit the lottery I can get a Full Fram camera with a future 500mm lens and throw in a super macro lens as well. LOL

Because of photography and my grandchilderns (My son had two boys and my daughter has one girl) I am enjoying life again.

Please do not use any of my photos without my permission, thank you in advance.