I was educated as an elementary school teacher at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. I graduated in May of 1976 and headed west to Los Angeles, CA. Although my first love was photography, I knew that utilizing my talents for teaching would be the more practical application just starting out after college. I ended up teaching 4th, 5th and 6th gifted/talented students with the Los Angeles Unified School District for six years.
I left teaching in 1982 and spent the next two years working in the entertainment industry as a runner and production assistant for a number of Variety/Music TV specials. At about that time both the Writers and Actors strike came along. So I had no choice but go back to teaching, which lasted for 6 months. This led me to my Information Technology career, which I've been in for the past twenty years. I currently work as a Project Manager in a data center for a bank.
My interest and passion for photography started as a boy scout when I was ten years old. I told my dad that I wanted to get my merit badge in Photography. He took me out shopping for a starter dark room kit. He also cleaned out a spot, under the stairs in our basement for me to set up my dark room.
I remember opening my first roll of film in my dark room. I was scared to death that I would expose the negatives. My dad was standing next to me, when the first image appeared on the photo paper. I was thrilled!
I started taking photography classes at Santa Monica College in the spring of 2002. Since then, I've been in and out of the classroom. I love when it's just me, my camera and a subject. There's a peace I experience that is unexplainable.
I dedicated this site to my late dad, Kermit W. Plinton, Sr. Thanks dad for giving me my start!
