A Break after Homework Having transferred into Clemson and losing over a semester of credits, 18 hour course loads were required for the next several semesters. That didn’t leave much time for idle pursuits. My two were skateboarding and photography. I’d snap a few photos now and then, trying to capture the moment. These are…

Where Light Met Chemistry In 1975, John and I regularly occupied the darkroom. He did most of the work while I watched and learned. By ’76, John had graduated, leaving Billy, Gary and me to pick up the reins. I was spending three hours a day working in the darkroom with a cassette player filling…

Photography in the Dark The Photo Forum training from two years prior had emphasized composition. My mentor John piqued my interest in the technical aspects. I read everything I could get my hands on, and tried to apply what I’d learned from John. “Power Flick” John gave me my first intro to “painting with light”.…

Olin Mills Photography Training During the summer of 1974, my school paid to send John and me to five days of Olin Mills photography training in preparation for working on the yearbook. Each morning, we’d have a classroom session covering a few techniques, such as “the rule of thirds”, using depth of field, and maximizing…

Clemson Reflection Pond It was the evening of October 2, 1978 and we were returning back to Johnstone from the “high rise” side of campus, passing by the ampitheater. There were several people looking at a bulldozer, that a few minutes prior, had been driven into the library reflection pond. That Night In the October…

The above photo was taken in 1975 at an old abandoned house not far from here. My buddy Vince and I were out snapping photos and getting accustomed to a couple of old cameras. I was using a Rolleiflex twin-lens camera that was used at waist level, looking down at the viewfinder. It took 120…