Tickets are now available:$25 for Adults, $15 for children under 12. If you plan to participate in the gift exchange, bring a gift, $15-$20 max. If you are bringing a child, bring a wrapped gift with their name on it.
After November 23, ticket prices will be $30.
If you are unable to buy a ticket at the November 23rd meeting,
please contact Elaine Boyd at:405-249-1130 or boyd.family@me.com
I started photography when I was about 8 years old and got a Kodak camera as a present. It shot 620 film (like 120 but with slightly different spools). I remember being excited when I took a photo of my dog and could recognize him in the print.
I did little photography till 1971 when I was overseas with the Navy Reserve in Scotland. I bought a cheap 35mm camera and was disappointed by the quality of the lenses. I later upgraded to a Yashica Mat 124G twin lens reflex, which took much better, clearer photos.
After the Navy I returned to college and started learning photography by reading books and magazines. I bougt a Minolta SRT-101. I rented darkroom space at a lab in Stillwater and learned to develop and print my own film. Eventually I learned to buy bulk film and spool my own, and to compound my own developers to save money.
After college I kept doing my own darkroom work in my bathroom for several years. I acquired a Speed Graphic 4x5 camera and a Polariod back, and discovered Polariod Type 55P/N, which produced an instand photo and also a very high quality conventional negative you could enlarge later. I continued this until my circumstances changed and I could no longer find a place for the work.
I basically dropped photography for several years until digital cameras became practical. By then I was working at the Norman Water Treatment Plant, and the first digital camera I bought was for the City. It was an Olympus with a 1.3 megapixel sensor and a 5x optical zoom lens. Picture quality was pretty good up to about 5x7 prints.
Later I bought my own camera (a Sony point-and-shoot 5 megapixel) and started editing and printing my work. It's been that way ever since, with several camera upgrades, new lenses, flashes, etc.
Currently my main camera is a Fujifilm X-T2. I like the retro dials and controls, and the camera takes great photos when I do my part right.
