Hi, I'm Patrick from Arkansas. I've been a part-time photographer for neary 26 years, starting out in bw as a newspaper reporter. Most of it is on the fine art side, but I have a small but devoted portrait clientele, mostly families with children. I teach advanced darktroom techniques at the Arkansas Arts Center.

Like many of my colleagues, I have slowly graduated from my old Pentax 67 to a digital SLR, specifically a Nikon D300 . I still favor bw, however, and that is what most of my clients prefer.

My kit:

Nikon D300

Sigma 28-200 f3.5

As my day job, I'm a legislative analyst, husband to the same woman for nearly 20 years, and father to three sons.

Please take the time to visit my photostream and my website, www.patrickralston.com BE ADVISED that there are a few art nudes on this site and in my photostream . . . nothing over the top, don't panic.