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My name is:
Edgar Arthur Turner, Junior

I started in photography when I was about 10 years old. I took pictures of still-life, animals, scenics, and people. I learned through my mistakes and wanted to become a perfectionist in the art of photography. I bought many books and experimented with film, lighting, and exposure timing. My first camera was a Beacon 110 instamatic. Nothing fancy, a basic point and shoot. To get good pictures with this camera was tough. I had to wait for perfect days for outdoor shots. My next camera was by 3M, it was a 126 instamatic. It had a little bit of a larger view and was a bit better on overcast days, but, it still had it's drawbacks. You had to get close for good shots and the lighting again had to be a sunny day.

I bought myself a Polaroid color land camera which also developed the film on the spot. You know the type, the one that if you pulled the film out too fast the gel would get all over you. Not only was it a messy camera it for the most part took some time getting used to temperatures and development timing in order to get a real good snap-shot. I did like the fact you could do allot of special effect photos with it. By the time I was eighteen I had gone through numerous cameras all of which are know just collectibles for show and tell.

In 1980 I decided to go semi-professional. So I bought myself the Cannon A1 manual 35mm camera out-fit and numerous ad-ons. I loved the camera so much I bought the next advanced Canon camera known as the AE-1 Programmable. Between the two Canon cameras and the thousands of dollars in accessories that now compliment them I mastered every aspect of the 35 mm world pertaining to photography.

Presently I am now also using a digital camera the Canon D10. Awesome photos are produced and with my personal computer and professional software the photos created are endless in all aspects.

You may feel like wow this guy is really blowing his whistle about himself. Well, yes I am and for all the right reasons. Would you hire an amateur to take photos of a once in a life-time event. That would be like "Russian Roulette". My experience and knowledge of 36 years in this field is worth it's weight in gold and I don't mind at all bragging about it because as a Professional Photographer I can assure my clients are 99.9% satisfied. I am human and sometimes film does process in a way that is not within even the best of photographers controls. It's called defective film.

What I do:

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