The local community college was the real stepping stone for me where I really got to learn how the camera & process worked. And we had a really nice photo lab too. I soon ended up being the lab tech, mixing chemicals, checking out cameras to students & offering assistance. I spent a great deal of time shooting on my own & experimenting - one time making a piece of film that worked, sort of.
1979 I graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA. and over the years have photographed a variety of assignments for the AP wire service, the LA Times and other news publications. For a time I wrote for newspapers too, hopping abroad Coast Guard boats, helicopters, CHP cruisers for ride alongs to shoot photos or write an article.
I've been teaching photography at local LA high schools for 30 years and adult education classes for the Beverly Hills School District for the past four years. I'm also teaching digital photography & computer classes during the summer for elementary kids too. And I continue to teach privately as well. And, thanks to Adobe, I'm also a tester-outter for Photohshop CS4 & now CS5.
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Winter term enrollment begins December 9 at BHAS.
Keith Johnson
