As a kid, I was always fascinated by my Grandfathers camera and his old pictures from WWII. Everywhere he went, he had a camera with him. My father, a camera buff him self, also carried a camera around in his younger days. His favorite subject, the beaches of Puerto Rico and, well, my Mom. Growing up seeing their styles of photography really got me interested at an early age. My father had a dark room where he developed his own film.
I was hooked instantly. The cool dark room with a cool red light that would let me know if Dad was in there working or not. The brown jugs of solutions, some of them were a little stinky, but man I miss those smells today. The trays, the strips of negatives hanging on a line. Those were the day.
As I got older I started with a couple of 110 film cameras and began to take pictures my self. I took a couple of classes at school, entered several contest and even won a few. Since then, I've always had a camera with me. Sometimes I had a real camera, and other times I had a dispossible one.
Today, in this digital age, film cameras are almost gone with the dinosaurs. Everyone is going with the high megapixel digital cameras and the film begins to fade. Over the last couple of years, I've been exposed to several types of digital cameras and once again my passion for photography continues.
I've taken my years of experience and love for photography and have now turned it into a business that I love to do. I enjoy going out on a photo shoot, meeting new people and preserving time for them.
--Edgar Vargas