Hard to believe but it’s been nearly 20 years since I created my first website. It was in 1996 that R. von Zimmer Photography first went live. My reasons for creating a personal website was two-fold. I was (and still am) a graphic designer and, noticing how quickly demand for people with web design skills […]
Read More1995-2006
Over the years I’ve had a number of people ask me why there’s no new artwork after 2006. Well the reasons are multifold. For about the past decade I have been concentrating heavily on my graphic design career. The first decade of this century was very haphazard for me career-wise. And, let’s face it, photography […]
Read MoreMy Workhorse
Back in ’95 I was still struggling to put myself through school while also working full time. As I was studying photography all I could really afford initially was a Pentax K-1000 which I got from either Sears or JC Penny, can’t remember which. The Pentax served me well for much of my photo course […]
Read MoreFujichrome Velvia
I can’t say enough about this film except that this was my go-to brand for my artwork back in the day. Fujichrome Velvia was slide (color reversal) film that was originally introduced back in 1990. As it was regarded for its high level of color saturation I began using this exclusively for my artwork, especially […]
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