I have always had some connection to photography.
As a boy in Frankfurt, Germany, my uncle introduced me to the Leica II. Then, after World War II, I became familiar with the first post-war German 35mm Camera, the Diax Ia, with several lenses made by Schneider Kreuznach.
After moving to the United States, I started taking photographs in the 1960's in California as a hospital employee, and gained experience with different cameras, including the Auricon Sound on Film camera. I also maintained a darkroom for the production of prints from photomicroscopes and an electron microscope, as well as color transparencies for medical presentations.
Later, after retirement, I switched to digital photography, and enjoy photographing in North Florida, where I now live....