Ron Wyatt’s best tip for getting to know your camera is to leave your manual in the bathroom.
“Every time you spend quality time in the bathroom you’ll learn something new,” he said on Thursday, April 11 in the Dodge Room of the Williston Northampton School. “Great photo opportunities come up, you don’t want to be playing around trying to figure out how to work your camera.”
An Explosive Entrance to Freelancing
On December 5, 1970 the Linden, NJ Exxon refinery exploded. Working nearby on the General Motors assembly line, Mr. Wyatt ran to the scene and photographed the aftermath. Later that day he called an area newspaper to see if they were interested. Although they didn’t want photographs of the explosion, they reviewed his work and offered him a position as a freelance photographer. Continue reading
