longskyimages.com: Photography of Charles Townsend

Thank you for visiting my site. Photography has been a serious interest of mine for many years. I started wtih the Kodak instamatic film cameras - the ones with the drop in cassettes. Remember those cameras? My parents gave it to me for Christmas when I was in junior high. I was very happy when I received it and I took many photos with it. I thought it was the best camera in the world for many years. I am thankful that Mom and Dad gave me that gift. Eventually I moved to 35 mm and then to medium format. Each time I stepped up, I was very pleased with the improvement in image quality and what I could do with each camera. I continued taking photos with various film cameras until 2008 when I bought my first digital camera. I still love the look that film gives to a photo - and I am going to keep my old dinosaur film cameras - but I must admit that I am now "hooked" on what digital can do. The speed and ease the digital cameras make in bringing the image to life is amazing. The digital camera has changed everything. My favorite cameras are the Nikon series cameras and the Noblex panoramic camera. I wonder what type of camera will be introduced next?


This site is a combination of two websites/concepts -isportsimages.com dealt primarily with sports and longskyimages.com dealt with everything else. So, for now this site is still under construction. If there are any sports photos from last year that you miss seeing on the site, send me an e-mail and I will bring them back. I have had my photos online for just about a year now - since September of 2008. It has been my first attempt ever to bring what I do with the camera to the public. Again, thank you for visiting.