The summer before my senior year in college, I wanted to buy my first camera.  It was a major purchase and I wanted to get the best that I could afford.  I decided to take a photography course.  The instructor was fantastic. We worked strictly in black and white photography and the darkroom setup was first rate.  As it turned out, my instructor had been a protege of Ansel Adams.  After that course, I bought a Konica 35mm, SLR camera.  My youngest daughter used that same camera in a photography course she took in high school.  It was a good choice.

    When I was teaching junior high and again in senior high, I moderated camera clubs and set up dark rooms to introduce photography to my students.

    That Konica camera has taken many a slide and both black and white and color photos over the years.

    When digital photography began, once again I was able to integrate it into the classroom.  I have owned three high quality and two professional quality digital cameras.