Background and biographical information

Tom's interest in photography began when he was a teenager working for Ehrenreich Photo Optical Industries (EPOI) in Garden City, New York. Since then, he developed skills in photographic technique, lighting, composition and darkroom methods before beginning the transition to digital photography about a decade ago. Tom's photographic interests are primarily in architectural, scenic, nature and travel. In the last few years, he branched out to studio and commercial photography. He has been a serious amateur photographer for more than 36 years.

Additional background:

I mostly use natural lighting, but I use my full studio lighting equipment for those special jobs. I rarely shoot 35mm film anymore with my Canon film cameras and have switched almost exclusively to digital, putting my Nikon D2Xs, D70s and multiple Nikkor lenses through their paces. I shoot medium format film on special occasions with my Mamiya 645 Pro TL and Zenza Bronica ETRS.