A little bit about me

Hello fellow photographers!

My name is Chuck Franke, and I have been involved with photography for most of my life, in one form or another. I have gone through "all of the stages" as the famed Chuck Delaney calls them: Obsessing over the art, Obsessing over the equipment, Obsessing over lighting, Obsessing over the business, and now I am finally back to obsessing over the art again. While I do make money at photography, I do not feel that anyone can ever stop learning about the art of creating images. I honestly look forward to this class because already it has me re-examining my approach to this facinating art, and exploring it on levels that I have not had opportunity to for quite some time.

Here you see a shot of myself taken by holding the camera out at arm's length while trying to look "natural." My FotoThing name/address is SereneWolf, so please feel free to add me as 'friend'. I shot a number of other self-portraits for the week's allotment; You'll find them on my FotoThing page, although this is pretty much what I look like, so it is what it is, I guess. I do not always have this "...does this look like I am not holding a camera at arm's length?" face, however.

This should be an awesome experience, and I look forward to working, learning, and creatively growing with all of you!