Angela Cantido
I bought my first camera in 2006: a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8, nothing fancy. Without any classes people liked what I did and asked me to take pictures. I finally realized this was something I wanted to study and perfect. I started the photography program at Fresno City College looking to learn how to better use my new camera and instead ended up begging my dad to let me try his old Minolta SLR 35mm camera for the second course. I've been hooked since and have hardly touched the Panasonic since. Working in the darkroom and even learning old processes like platinum and palladium printing and cyanotypes has just further my love of a fully hands on way to create portraits. I've even combined my love of genealogy work with courses on retouching and restoring old photographs. With film there is no editing and no guesswork. You get classic, timeless photos with the age old technique I've learned to be able to preserve your beautiful memories forever.
Photo by: Carrie Yale
I bought my first camera in 2006: a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8, nothing fancy. Without any classes people liked what I did and asked me to take pictures. I finally realized this was something I wanted to study and perfect. I started the photography program at Fresno City College looking to learn how to better use my new camera and instead ended up begging my dad to let me try his old Minolta SLR 35mm camera for the second course. I've been hooked since and have hardly touched the Panasonic since. Working in the darkroom and even learning old processes like platinum and palladium printing and cyanotypes has just further my love of a fully hands on way to create portraits. I've even combined my love of genealogy work with courses on retouching and restoring old photographs. With film there is no editing and no guesswork. You get classic, timeless photos with the age old technique I've learned to be able to preserve your beautiful memories forever.
Photo by: Carrie Yale
