by roydressel@gmail.com | Mar 3, 2023 | History
Most photographers who have been around for a few years have a favorite camera or cameras. The equipment they had taken many memorable photographs with. I can imagine it’s much like a guitarist with that one guitar that has become part of them; BB King’s... 
by royphotog | Feb 17, 2020 | History
One of our early web pages, from 2000 It doesn’t seem possible, but it’s been 20 years since I started www.roydresselphoto.com back in the last few days of 1999. It also doesn’t seem possible that at one time, I didn’t have a website. I... 
by royphotog | Jan 9, 2020 | History
This Old Olympus OM-1 is one of my favorite cameras. Purchased new at Boots Camera in Fresno in 1979. The Olympus OM-1 was my first professional 35mm camera The Olympus OM-1 was my first professional camera, but I had had several 35mm cameras before the OM-1. The... 
by royphotog | Dec 2, 2019 | History
Man, this camera sure does show my age. Well, in reality, it is a bit older then I am. I bought this camera in a pawn shop in Fontana, California, in about 1968, but it’s much older than that. The Mercury II camera was built by the Universal Camera Corporation... 
by royphotog | Nov 17, 2019 | History
The little kit that I received for my thirteenth birthday to develop and print B&W film. It began a journey that I am still on today. The journey of the image. I’m lucky, I found my passion early in life, and it became a passion that I have been able to... 
by royphotog | Jan 28, 2019 | History, Photographic History
I have recently been asked to talk to a high school video and media class about my job. One of the topics that the teacher and I discussed was how I made the transition from shooting film to a digital workflow. Good subject, as most kids that are in high school...