Lynn Rockwell

Bio

Thanks for visiting my web site. The tiny self portrait, that is my icon, was taken a week or so after I received a diagnosis of lung cancer. It is inoperable and will eventually kill me, but NOT any time too soon I hope. I have had radiation treatment and as of October 26, 2006 I am in remission. I have good days and bad days, but every day is a good day for photography.

My love affair with photography began when I was about 13, thanks to my Dad. My first camera was a Pentax Spotmatic I think. Over the years subsequent cameras I purchased always seemed to be Pentaxs. I joined a few camera clubs over the years and took a few courses through community centers. I am mostly self taught.

In my "heart-of-hearts" I have always wanted to be a photojournalist. I doubt it's going to happen. I'm getting a little long in the tooth and not as healthy as I once was.

I have tried a couple of times to make a living with my photography. The first time, I did candid child portraits about 20 odd years ago.

In about 2000, I purchased my first digital camera. I was doing website design and my clients need pictures, and so I provided them. In 2002 I tried again in earnest to start a photo biz, ... I did the full & lengthy biz plan, the whole 9 yards. Taking the pictures is great, and that part was never the problem, ... it was the all the other mundane stuff, ... like paperwork and lack of resources.

In 2003 I had a break-in at my apt and most of my photography equipment was stolen, and no, I had no insurance. I went for about a year without a camera at all and tried to forget about it all together, ... no that didn't work either. I bought another digital and I was a happy camper, ... I was back to being a photo-hobbyist again. I currently use an Olympus camera and a Fiji FinePix camera. The Fuji shoots in a RAW format which my Olympus does not.

In terms of taking pictures, I would rather take a series of shots that tell a story of some sort. I still like to do portraits, not only of children. Taking random shots all the time can be a little frustrating and chaotic..

So, to recap:
I am a 50-something woman, living in Halifax Nova Scotia CANADA.
I've been making photographic images for about 40 years, most seriously for the past six years.
I went back to school this past year, (/05-06) and did the course work for an Advanced Diploma in Public Relations at the Nova Scotia Community College. I still need to do the work-term placement to secure my diploma.
I have two adult daughters (Jen & Lyndsay) and one grandson.