Why I Am a Bad Photographer

I went to college, but not for music, recording, or even writing and editing. I obtained a degree in Communications, with an emphasis on Visual, plus a minor in Art with an emphasis on Studio. This meant most of my studies were in film, filmmaking, photography, graphic design, sculpture, ceramics, illustration, painting, and such. Photography was fun, and I was able to borrow an old Olympus 35 mm camera with a fixed wide-angle lens that my dad brought back from Japan in the '60s. (I was happy, but it was nothing as cool as the new Olympus OM-1 and Pentax LX that the rich kids at my college had!) I’d skipped taking photography classes in high school, though I don't recall why. In college, I quickly caught up as my real interest was film, and film and still photography had a lot in common. Taking photos and developing rolls and prints in the darkroom was an interesting process, though I'm glad I didn’t spend too many years around all those chemicals!