People who have influenced me.....

After my intial encounter with Karen Eisle (refer to one post down) It was quite some time before I would have another influential encounter. What continued this weird escalation toward an obsession with televsion news, especially my obsession with becoming a cameraman for news (what I would come to learn that it was photojournalist)? By 7,8,9 years old, as I look back, I would find myself doing strange things that no other kid would do (at least, not in my neighborhood). I would run to the televsion set at the first hint of the news open, not for the news of course, but for the enamor of the moment. I was fascinated with the news open and the camera angles and the "live" branding that was used in the early 80's. I was so enamored that I made my own microphone with a home made mic flag and a camera out of a small cardboard box and toilet paper tube and would run around the house trying to create my own news. I got into trouble once, because I cut a card board box open and taped it to my brothers telescope so I could have a camera with a "real lens" and viewfinder. AND it had a tripod! I thought that I was in business! Needless to say all of these strange behavioral patterns are leading up to my next career confirming moment with my local tv stations. (As Lenslinger once said "poor bastard)