Eye Behind The Lens

Eye Behind Lens

The very thing he loves the most never brag or boast. Photographer filled with dreams of fame, glory, and inspiration all over the globe. Ten years later rise, shine still clicking away yelling cheese, and hold it just like that perfect! Darrell started out with a humble beginning filled with curiosity and equipped with an instant Polaroid Camera. Photography was like magic when Darrell pressed the shutter for the very first time followed by a strange sound then a blank unknown image appeared. Suddenly, the image appeared as if god came down from the heavens up above. A future photographer was born.

Many years had passed while the starving artist continued photography. Darrell still filled with excitement, gaining knowledge, experimenting with different ideas and techniques. According to London & Upton (1998), "the first permanent picture was made by Joseph Niepce a gentle man inventor living in central France. Niepce's experiments with lithography led him to the idea of attempting to take views directly from nature using the camera obscura. He first experimented with silver chloride, which he knew darkened on exposure to light, but then turned to bitumen of Judea, a kind of asphalt the hardened when exposed to light".(p. 342).

Next, continuing photography through the trial and tribulation. Darrell became so acquainted with light it was as if he struck gold. Light must be present in order to produce an eye pleasing image. Hey, I figured if I was going to make mistakes and improve now was the time before I entered the world with big dreams of becoming a locally accepted and internationally known photographer. "To get a rich image with realistic tones, dark but detailed shadows, and bright delicate highlights, you need to expose your film correctly. That is, you need to set the shutter speed and aperture so they let in the right amount of light for a given film and scene. Most negative films have a tolerance, or latitude, for a certain amount of exposure