He has been interested in photography in one form or another since he was 10 years old. Over the years he went from using an old plastic camera camera that used 120 roll film that he got at Shakey's Pizza ...to a GAF 110 camera, to his father's Ricoh SLR. Steve is entirely self taught. He learned the basics of photography using a Pentax K1000 with no more features than a built in light meter, so learning the fundamentals was the only way since there was no Photoshop or Digital technology to assist. He learned through a hands on approach. Even today, with highly technical Digital SLR Cameras, he still shoots almost exclusively in full manual mode. "What makes a "Photographer" is not the camera equipment, but the person's eye, and ability manipulate light to create the image he sees in his mind and that takes an understanding of Light, "Film" speed, Aperture and Shutter Speed".