D. John McCarthy
I have lived in town with my family since 1996 and have watched it change over the years. Some of the rural character of the town has disappeared over the years. The Bennett Turkey farm down Main Street from my house is now a housing development and so is the former farm on Stony Hill Road.
As time goes on everything changes, some changes like those in nature can be slow and can take thousands or even millions of years, but even in nature changes can happen overnight when there is a fire, flood, or some other natural disaster.
Men tend to make changes faster as they decide to change the landscape or tear down building and rebuild with new ones.
With photography we can record the way things look at a point in time and refresh our memories of the way we were.
Photo Experience
I am a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology where I earned an AAS and BS in professional photography. I also have a Master's in Education from UMass Amherst where I concentrated in Educational Media and an MBA as well.
I earned professional photography degrees, Master Photographer & Craftsman, from the Professional Photographers of America.
I have been working in the photographic field since the 1960's when I was in high school and I worked at the photography department at Forbes and Wallace Department Store and as a photographer for Radding Sign Company.
I am retired from Fujifilm. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and I I am retired from the U.S. Navy where I had a Military Occupational Specialty in Public Affairs and was a Photographers Mate.
I am the volunteer director of the Valley Photo Center and a board member of the International Association of Panoramic Photographers. I have a part time pet photo business, Long Leash LLC.
