Uncle Frank is a veteran high tech marketeer who resides in the Silicon Valley area of northern California. His brief foray as a free-lance photographer in the '70s was interrupted by the practical demands of career and raising a family. When he discovered digital photography a few years ago, it re-ignited his passion for the hobby, particularly as it allowed him to take complete control over the process by enabling him to photo-finish his compositions on his home computer.

Frank thinks of himself as a "technician" when it come to photography, and though his BS in Physics is ancient, has found the classes he took in mathematics and fields & waves to be of great use. He tries to imprint his personal vision on each composition, and confesses that he shamelessly Photoshops every one of his pictures in an attempt to enhance them. His photographic interests are broad, ranging from floral macros to hummingbird pictures to wedding photography.

Frank is well known on photo critique sites, which he uses to sharpen his critical eye. He has taken well over 35,000 shots with his digital cameras and has critiqued the photos of others many times that number.

Frank is the founder of FCAS (the Foam Core Addicts' Society), which is dedicated to isolation macro-photography. His current arsenal of cameras consists of a Canon Digital Elph, a Nikon CoolPix 5700 and a digital-SLR, the Nikon D70. He also has a bag full of lenses.

Frank is a member of the Digicamhelp Advisory Board.

The pictures in Uncle Frank's galleries are low resolution versions, sized for Web viewing. If you're interested in obtaining high quality prints suitable for framing, please contact him directly at fdrphoto@gmail.com.Photo: Uncle Frank with Nikon Coolpix 5700 gear

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