About Sunrise Photography
My interest in photography began in the
middle 1960’s around the age of 13 when my father, after my endless pleading,
purchased me my first real 35mm camera. It was a used Petriflex fully manual,
mechanical SLR and one 50mm normal lens for about $80. With that camera my eyes
were opened to the amazing world of photography. Three years later, while
attending high school in New York City, I traded up to a Minolta SRT101 and 50mm
lens. A big deal for me at age 16! For my first 10 years of shooting pictures I
only owned (and could only afford) one camera and one normal lens.
A few years later, while attending the
University of Rhode Island, I worked in the art department’s darkroom for
extra money while studying the early pioneers of landscape photography such as
Edward Muybridge and Carlton Watkins. In that history of photography class I saw
slide shows of classic photographs of the western U.S. and longed to venture out
west. Immediately after graduating college, I hitchhiked through twenty states
and visited four major national parks one summer in three months! Two of those
early pictures from my trip in 1977 can be seen in my online photo gallery (the
first two shots in the group).
I originally created Sunrise
Photography in 1981 as a home based wedding and model photography business.
After about two years I gave up the “company” and returned to photography as
a hobby. Since then a lot of water has gone under the bridge in my life and
after 18 years Sunrise was again reborn. My interest in the hobby has been
rekindled 100 fold and I am now in business as a nature photographer, albeit part-time for now. My dream
is to become a full-time landscape and wildlife photographer. With that goal
in mind this website was created.
This site is intended to be entirely
non-commercial in nature and strictly an informational resource for
photographers. I plan to update and expand this site very frequently with all of
the latest links, news and reviews relating to photography. It is my hope that
people who visit Sunrise will find the site truly useful and I hope to hear your
feedback on how to make it improve
This site may be more easily accessed using the following simple web address: www.sunrisephoto.net.
Thanks,
Richard C. DeBari