I started in photography in 1973 and enjoy shooting both film and digital. I am essentially self taught, which in the days of film could get expensive but in the end it gave me a deeper knowledge of photography! Film will always be my passion, especially black and white medium format, though supplies are getting harder to find and expensive so I find myself shooting digital more as time goes by. I have been a "student" of Ansel Adams' Zone System for almost 40 years and I even use it with digital. I am a retired Clinical Microbiologist and am now doing photography professionally part time but on my own schedule. I enjoy it too much to let it get like work!