Featured Forum Member - Vern H aka nonrev

Vern H aka nonrev in forum tongue is one of our photographers of the forum, The two pictures below are ones that i really like, and hope that you do too.

Two very different photos.

Vern has kindly given a background below the pics. Thanks Vern.








I am 64 years old. I do not plan on retirement for another 6 years. I have my own business as a manufacturers representative in the plastic industry.

I was born and raised in Barrington, RI. In 1963 I went into the U.S. Air Force, where I served for 11 and ½ years. My tour of duty took me to England, Germany and Italy. My first tour was at RAF Chicksands in Bedfordshire om 1964. Whilst there I dated a little German girl. In 1965 I was transferred to Germany where I met and dated a little English girl who eventually became my wife.

In 1968 I was assigned to San Vito Air Station Italy. After 30 months of duty there I was transferred back to RAF Chicksands. I stayed there until 1974 at which time I took a overseas discharged and stayed in England working for Emgas in Northampton.

My interest in photography began in 1964 when I went to RAF Chicksands. I bought a Kodak Instamatic. Just taking the normal tourist pictures. During the early 70's I bought my first SLR. It was a Petri. I had four lenses, 28mm, 55mm, 135mm and a 400mm. That is when I started to develop an interest in photography.

Around 1973 my wife got in touch with her cousin, Pat Dalton. Pat was well into photography and introduced me to developing my own film and pictures, BW. My interest really deepened at that time. My wife bought me a small Russian enlarger, trays, the whole darkroom setup and I was off and running.

We returned to the US in 1979 and I continued to take and develop my own work. I finally bought my first Nikon at that time. Well as the family grew I had to back off doing a lot of photography. I did just the odd motocross pictures and family vacations.

About five or six years ago I purchased my first digital camera. I used it for a company I owned. Shortly there after I bought my Nikon D70 and have been shooting digital ever since then. I gave my film camera to my oldest grand daughter, who is now majoring in photography at a college in Wisconsin.

Although I love shooting RAW, manual, I do long for the film days. Maybe some day digital will equal film but at the moment it has a way to go. However, with the price of BW film I will stay with digital. My love is also with Black and White.

Regards,

Vern H.