Having been a professional film photographer, including having my own darkroom, I would process photographic "effects" such as Kodalith high contrast, sepia toned prints, solarization of developing images, etc. and these would still be classified as photographs.  I believe that images that are "processed" in the digital darkroom are also true photographs as the image is still the original image and has only been altered in the presentation.  I do not use Photoshop.  I believe that the cutting and pasting that this software allows alters the image in a way that makes the results "Digital Art" and not photography.

     I import, manage and process my photographs using ACDSee Pro 3.0 - an unbelievably powerful image processing program.  Then I print all my photographs through my Epson 1800 printer to semi-glossy photographic paper in 13X19 inches size using archival inks that will last 200+ years.  They are then mounted and matted in acid free archival mats and then framed in simple but secure frames.  Each photograph in each series completed this way will be of the same quality and professional presentation, with color, density and quality assured for each print.

Moving to Calvert County in 1969, I started a photography business (North Light Studio) that I ran for 17 years to augment the salary I was making as a public school teacher.

I closed the photo business in 1986 as I had become interested in computers and their impact on education but always continuing to take photographs of family and for my own interest.

In the late 1990s I became very interested in the development of digital photography and later in digital video.

On retiring four years ago from Calvert County Public Schools, after 35 years of wonderful teaching, I purchased professional level digital cameras, lenses and processing equipment to pursue my real love - creating photographs that reflected what I call "The Magic of Light".