My exploration of photography began in High School after taking a photography class. From there I went on to be a yearbook photographer, and also contributed to the school newspaper. I took more photography courses at San Diego State University and also worked at a One-hour photo lab. I ended up at the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.- actually majoring in Photography. After studying Photography for a year and a half, I decided that it was going to be really difficult to make a living at this, and I ended up at California State University Chico. There I earned a degree in Information and Communication Studies with an emphasis in Broadcasting. While attending CSUC, I worked for the Chico News & Review as their Fashion and Advertising Photographer. I was getting paid to take pictures and it was great!, but I still couldn't make a living at it. While in graduate school, I worked in the Special Collections Department at Chico State as an Archival Photographer- copying historical photographs and making prints for the library collection. I've always felt there was a narrow gap between amateur and professional photography. With today's high-tech auto-focus cameras, it is even more so. I've taken thousands of photographs over the past 28 years, most of them on film. I'm really excited about the dawn of digital photography- it allows me to edit photographs in a way that previously, could only be dreamed about. Anyone can go out and take photographs of the same things that I do. Two main differences are that I try to wait until the weather or lighting is just how I want it (or as good as I can hope for) and I have a practiced eye for composition. I have visited some locations a half dozen times looking for just the right light. It's easy to look at a photograph and think to yourself- "I can do that", but go out and try it. It's not as easy as it looks. That's the true mark of a professional- we make the hard stuff look easy. Bob geiser Please visit my website: http://www.printroom.com/pro/geiser 
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