Member Bios
Bob Wills
I am a Retired US Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer. I worked on both missile and gun fire control systems, learning electronics along the way. I also picked up a great deal of Information Systems knowledge and an MIS degree, which I used to work for the state of Washington.
My service-related injuries and Parkinson's Disease finally made me retire completely. I could no longer actively play sports, so I found my hobby in photography.
Dorinda and I both enjoy the challenges and camaraderie in PSA and especially the Digital Dialogue Groups.
I now want to create art from my images. I use Adobe mostly and some of the new Topaz AI apps. I shoot a Nikon Z8 and Samsung S24 Ultra. Our PC's are made by Puget Systems in Washington. https://account.pugetsystems.com/myaccount/index.php
Sylvia Williams
I've had a camera in my hand since I was in high school many years ago, taking mostly snapshots, shooting in auto. Finally a couple of years ago I joined a photography club and seldom shoot in auto these days.
I would like to find my own voice, or signature style.
I shoot a Nikon D7500. I do very basic editing in Lightroom or Photoshop.
I reside in Virginia in the USA.
You can see my work on: My IG account for botanicals and My original IG account
Frans Gunterus, QPSA
Frans Gunterus
I live in Indonesia. Photography is my everlasting interest since my childhood. Before the pandemic, my wife and I visited many countries in tour groups. That was my chance to explore my interest in photography. Unlike most photographers that have time to set tripods, filters and wait for good lighting and good moment. I just don't have that kind of luxury when following non-photography tours. I sometimes have to shoot from the moving bus.
So, I always used bracket exposure. Most likely with auto ISO. I normally provide enough space around my subjects for further cropping to get more suitable composition. The rest, I have to refine my image during post processing. I enjoy my time for post processing. It almost like visiting the place for the second time. Imagining the color, the lighting and the beauty of scene I visited.
I enjoyed being a member of PSA. Learn some of many available courses, Digital Dialogue and keep up with photography updates and engage with other photographers from different countries.
Steve Wessing
I come from a long line of amateur and professional photographers, starting with my grandfather who participated in salons of the Amsterdamsche Amateur Fotografen Vereeniging in the 1940s and was one of the first to to teach photography in Indonesia. I got my first camera at age 5 and have been hooked ever since. I am active in abstract and travel photography, but my greatest interest is stereoscopic photography.
I inherited my uncle's stereo realist in my teen years, and still take mostly stereo images today. In the intervening years, my photos have been used as album cover art, and published in various magazines and books including a short time as house photographer for the Rock 'n Roll Probe.
I am currently on the board of directors of the Cascade Stereoscopic Club, and a member of the National Stereoscopic Association.
Group Admin
Jan Handman
I live in San Diego, California with my husband of 56 years. We're both retired now, and since we didn't do much traveling while we were raising our family, we're now making up for lost time in that endeavor. It's such a hoot to see photos of faraway places and be able to point and say "we've been there -- right at that very spot!"
I've always enjoyed fine art photography, but not always from behind the camera. I remember as a child seeing Ansel Adams' images and being mesmerized by them. Many of our family vacations were in places he photographed. When I was in college I tried many times to take a photography class, but they always seemed to be full, so I never got the opportunity. It was only after I was retired that I finally took my first class. This was just at the time digital photography was becoming mainstream. I loved the idea of being able to practice and experiment without having to spend big money on film developing just to find out if what you tried actually worked. I enjoy doing composite, minimalist, travel, and flower photography.
My website: https://jhandman61.wixsite.com/jhandmanphotography
Angela Bonner, PPSA
I was born in Essex, UK but moved to beautiful Mid Wales 28 years ago. In January 2020 I moved to a bungalow just outside Hay on Wye. I have my dog Gemma and we go for long walks each day. Apart from my photography I am an avid reader.
MY interest in photography mainly started when digital came in though have always owned a camera. I am mostly interested in macro, wildlife and still life photography. I have had quite a lot of acceptances in international salons and recently managed to get a PSA gold medal in one of them.
I joined Hay on Wye camera club about eight years ago and am their treasurer which I enjoy doing.
I have gained the BPE* award, PPSA and AFIAP.