Born in Yonkers, NY, I still retain a slight Bronx accent. I received a PhD in Organic Chemistry from
the Johns Hopkins University, and failed to pursue it in the job market after having my first child. I was politi-cally active as a Democrat for quite a few years, ran for office a few times and failed, but it was fun. I was also a partner in an advertising agency for ten years before moving to CA and switching to my own version of com-puter graphics. 

       My husband, George, and I lived for 26 years in New Jersey before moving to CA, his home state, about 15 years ago. We spent four + years in Danville, which is near San Francisco, and another four years inthe Los Angeles (Orange County) area, when in 1997 we moved back to Danville (to a different house).

    We have two children . my daughter, who is living in Burlingame and my recently married son who is working on his residency in anesthesiology.
       I have been a member of various camera clubs since 1984 when I purchased my first 35 mm camera.
Before that, I was the typical amateur, but used a Ciroflex or Rolleicord twin lens reflex in the travel mode.
The Contra Costa Camera Club is my current affiliation, but have also been a member of both the ACES
(Anaheim Camera Enthusiasts Club) in Orange County, CA and the West Essex Camera Club in New Jersey.

       I have been a member of several slide circuits since 1985 and, in addition to my sheparding SSG #23, I am also administrator of the PD Digital Imaging Circuit #4. PSA has published my Digital Imaging Recorded Lecture.

       My photography covers a wide range of interests, although I love to play in the macro field to achieve results. Strong graphics and simplicity are other goals. Today my primary interest is in photo manipu-lation using Photoshop 7.0. I have done quite well with these photos in camera club. Also I like to put short slide shows together with music, having recently converted from a dissolve unit to PowerPoint and an LCD projector. If you haven.t done this, try it, it.s fun!
      69 years old, I have recently retired from my business, except for some local clients. My computer sys-
tem has expanded with the need to serve one of my clients effectively and my lust for photomanipulation.
       My current computer system is a Macintosh G4 with 450 mHz speed and 1.5 gigs of RAM, two
hard drives. My monitor is a RasterOps SuperScan Mc21. Color printers include the Epson Stylus 2200 and a Color Laser-writer, the QMS/Minolta Magicolor 330 which can handle up to 13 x 19.. Toner is very expen-sive, however. My slide scanner is the Nikon Super Coolscan 4000 which gives remarkable matching from slide to screen.
        I have been successful in entering some non-PSA digital imaging competitions and have been pub-
lished in Popular Photography annual (1997) and getting published in their 1998 Digital Imaging Guide.
        Photographic equipment: Nikon F100, Nikon 8008S, 50 mm, 20mm, 28 mm, 80 - 200 mm Nikkor
lenses, 200 mm Nikkor micro lens, 500 mm Nikkor mirror lens, (none of these are autofocus), a Tamron 60-300 mm, and finally, my only autofocus lenses, a Tamron 28-300 mm and a Tamron 200 . 400 mm .
None of these are very fast lenses. Also a Nikon 2X extender, SB 28 & 24 Nikon flash units, tripods, filters, etc. Over the years, the tripods continue to shrink as my age expands.