Preston
17-Nov-2007, 20:40
My name is Preston Birdwell. I live in the town of Columbia, in the western foothills of the Sierra, due east of San Francisco and north of Yosemite. I work as a fire chief and adjunct faculty member at Columbia College, and have been in this area for over thirty years. The Sierra and its environs are my favorite haunts.
I started doing photography seriously in 1971 and began using 4x5 in 1978, working mainly in B&W. Due to finacial constraints at the time, I went back to 35mm and finally upgraded to 645 in 2000. A couple of years later I redeveloped my interest in 4x5 and have been using it nearly exclusively for the last few years. My work is all color using transparency films.
I do most of printing on an Epson R2400, and for larger works have them done by West Coast Imaging.
I've been lurking around the LF Forum for a spell and have found it to be an excellent source of information!
You can see my work at The Gilded Moon (http://www.gildedmoon.com)
Be well, everyone!
-Preston
I started doing photography seriously in 1971 and began using 4x5 in 1978, working mainly in B&W. Due to finacial constraints at the time, I went back to 35mm and finally upgraded to 645 in 2000. A couple of years later I redeveloped my interest in 4x5 and have been using it nearly exclusively for the last few years. My work is all color using transparency films.
I do most of printing on an Epson R2400, and for larger works have them done by West Coast Imaging.
I've been lurking around the LF Forum for a spell and have found it to be an excellent source of information!
You can see my work at The Gilded Moon (http://www.gildedmoon.com)
Be well, everyone!
-Preston