Three primary photographic activities: a) forensic engineering -- accounts for 80 to 90 per cent of my photos where clear sharp images are quite important, b) record of my travels, c) record the family history/evolution, so to speak. No attempt at the art, but enjoy continually working on my skills.
Otis Wright Glen O'Neal wrote: > Okay, I am not new to the PDML; just came back around after a time away. I > have found the discussion lively, interesting, sometimes offensive, but > always challenging and informative. I have learned things here I would never > have learned elsewhere so easily and completely. My questions are answered > by knowledgeable and experienced photographers who care whether I have the > information I need to achieve my photographic objectives. My hat is off to > all of you for putting in your two cents worth. > > I want to have a chance to get to know just a little more about those of you > whose names I see day in and day out as I read your emails and hear your > thoughts and opinions. I have seen your images and knowing the emotional and > artistic side of photography I know that each of you has shared a piece of > yourself in sharing your art. I would like to ask something and please try > ever so much to leave humility aside for a brief moment and talk about your > current vocation and your involvement in photography. Are you a photographer > by trade or do you have another vocation and what kind of photography are > you into and why? Perhaps mention where you live. > > I will (of course) begin for everyone. I am a software systems engineer by > trade for a software firm in New Jersey. But I live just outside of Kansas > City, Missouri. Photography has been a long time hobby of mine as with most > of us. I have shot pictures for a local newspaper in Florida, a women's > magazine, and three wedding photographers. I am currently working part-time > as a wedding photographer here in this area and hope to go full time with > the new career within a year. I know some don't think much of wedding > photographers (like shooting fish in a bowl I've heard), but I love > capturing emotion on film and making other people happy with the images I > produce. I shoot mostly photojournalistic wedding coverage and love other > kinds of photography as well to broaden my horizons and stretch my artistic > wings. > > So now everyone, please, tell me about you.....! > > Glen O'Neal > > profiles.yahoo.com/glen_oneal
