| People know me for always taking videos -- I've been makin' movies for almost 50 years now! I bought a 13 dollar movie camera when I was in the 9th grade -- and I was in show business! I did have one problem, I didn't have a projector yet, and when I got the film back, I'd have to hold it up to the light to see all of those itty bitty frames - it just wasn't the same, ya know? But in a few months I saved my money, and got a real ARGUS projector -- I had real fun showing my flickers to the family -- until the bulb kept burning out -- I learned real fast to not keep switching the thing on and off, I was wearing out the filament! I was also doing everything I could to get a clearer picture -- you have NO idea how looong I waited for High Definition to come in! Just an aside -- there was another person my age in another part of the country who got a movie camera himself to play with -- actually, he borrowed his father's movie camera -- and he was standing on top of the garage trying to make some movie spectaculars. His hobby went a little further than mine did. His name was Steven Spielberg! (click on the above photo to get back to the Gallery) |