That Split-Second Moment
My own Argus Argo-Flex and Kodak film at age 12 got me started and eventually hooked on photography. Back then you put your subject in sun light and yourself in the shade and called that exposure control. You mailed your film to a lab and had to be happy with what they returned. The digital transformation of photography was a godsend to me, because it allowed me to control every aspect from taking the picture to printing it.
Being a certified Missouri Master Naturalist has sharpened my eye, and being a member of both the Columbia Art League and Missouri Mid-Missouri Arts Alliance allows me to share my work with the public.
My photography has appeared in the Columbia Tribune and the Missourian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Images of the Ozarks (University of Missouri Press, 1998), and Images of Missouri (University of Missouri Press, 2001). Most of it is of outdoor, existing light, subjects in South Boone County where I live. Some from traveling Missouri and other places.
Taking a picture only requires a split-second, but capturing the mood and the light is a journey that may take hours, days, even years. I live for that split-second moment that yields what photographers call a “keeper”, and that opportunity to share my vision with you.
You can contact me at 573-268-8058 or email David_frech@hotmailcom.
