I am a retired Professor who lives in San Jose California.  Photography has been part of my life since I was 12.  I can remember taking pictures from a DC-3 airplane and also shooting flood waters from a moving train traveling through the midwest.  At 21 I moved up to a 35mm camera and Kodachrome slides.  Some of the slides taken back then have placed in more recent competitions. I stayed with the 35mm format throughout my academic years (though I did shoot Polaroid snapshots as well).  Then, just before my retirement in 1996, I got a Kodak DC-50 digital camera, a Microtek flatbed scanner, and Photoshop version 3.0.5. Thus, I was an "early adopter" of digital imaging. Recently I stopped shooting slide film altogether, and while I continue to show prints, digital imaging has become my focus.

 

In April 2003, a friend (Art Walker) introduced me to the Light and Shadow Camera Club of San Jose California.  It has become my joy!!!  As Art and I were to attend the next competition meeting, I made up this monochrome print for that occasion.  We went, I joined, and "Low Lights" took an Honorable Mention!  I was hooked and I have loved our club activities ever since.  Offices I have held include: Statistician's Assistant, Projectionist, Set-up Chair, and President.  Currently I am serving as Membership Chairman for the club. 

 

In this set of pages I've assembled my images that have placed in our monthly competitions over the past year. I hope that you find something interesting.

 

Jim Hawkins