Patrick Campagnone

For the past few years, I also have had a pretty nice little freelance thing going on with my nights and weekends. Unfortunately or in hind-sight, fortunately, the work slowed in pace with the withering economy. Suddenly I wound up with 50 or so extra hours a week and a butt-load of graphic equipment sitting idle. So I bought a camera and have been at it for the last couple of years. You can see all my stuff on flickr.

I feel more comfortable with Photoshop than a camera. I envy the people that have complete mastery of their equipment, but I think I have figured out that's not me. I'v...

For the past few years, I also have had a pretty nice little freelance thing going on with my nights and weekends. Unfortunately or in hind-sight, fortunately, the work slowed in pace with the withering economy. Suddenly I wound up with 50 or so extra hours a week and a butt-load of graphic equipment sitting idle. So I bought a camera and have been at it for the last couple of years. You can see all my stuff on flickr.

I feel more comfortable with Photoshop than a camera. I envy the people that have complete mastery of their equipment, but I think I have figured out that's not me. I've been using Photoshop professionally for over 15 years and that is my darkroom.

The other night my youngest daughter was looking over my shoulder as I was weeding crappy shots out of my library and she asked me "What are you doing with all these pictures, Daddy?". It made me pause and the only answer I had was "I'm collecting them." It got me thinking maybe I should try to sell a few and convince myself that L series lenses aren't that expensive.