My interest in photography started in my early years. My dad gave me an old Italian 35mm bellows camera which I used for many years. In my teens and twenties, I stepped up to SLR's, using a set of Mamiya bodies and an assortment of lenses. I shot both black and white and color slides. I also taught basic darkroom technique to a boys club group. Marriage, kids, and the expenses they bring caused me to put photography aside as a hobby for many years, but an unexpected trip to Hawaii with with a professional broadcast video group introduced me to the world of digital. After that, I started "investing" in Canon, and am still trying to grow my talent. It's great to get back into a hobby you love after so many years, and the members of this community inspire me every day. Here are a group of galleries containing some of my "attempts". Feel free to browse and comment. Please vote if you enjoy them....or even if you don't. :) If you would like to purchase prints of any of these pictures, please visit http://www.frankimage.com/. If the image you want is not located on that site, leave me a message and I will upload it for you. Thanks, Chas