Welcome to my Flickr page! My name is Michael Throne and the sets you are seeing are the product of a lot of love of my family and friends, kids, music and of course--trains.

I have always had an affinity to photography. Whether it was Super 8 science fiction films I made as a kid or the summers in high school I spent photographing Burlington Northern commuter trains, I've have had a camera in my life (and often times bothering my family).

On July 4, 2006, after almost 30-years of snapping pics, I took my last 35mm exposures and began my journey into the digital world, which you can experience in the collections herein. I'm through my digital apprenticeship and well into that awkward journey-level, the gangly age. There are so many things to learn (portrait, seniors, groups, glamour, boudoir, alt, fashion, commercial, fine art, weddings, trains) that there's just not enough time to get to it! But my passion is there and I only need to find the subjects in the viewfinder.

I have been very fortunate for the last seven years, through the grace of Mr. Glen Walp and Mr. Patrick Martin, to have been the photographer for the Benicia Middle School and Benicia High School marching bands. Besides the outstanding musical accomplishments of the bands, it continues to be a real kick to photograph these young musicians and have them allow me to enter into their world and photograph them. They rock!

I would appreciate if you, during your browsing of my images, provide feedback and comments on what you like and what might be improved. And of course, please respect my intellectual property rights.

As the uploaded photographs are limited in file size and resolution, if you are interested in prints larger than 5x7 or other modifications such as cropping, canvasing, B&W, and manipulation, please contact me.

And if you have musicians in the Benicia Unified School District music program, please join the Benicia Band Photos group here in Flickr that I administer - We'd love to be able to see your photos, too!

Michael

thronephotography@yahoo.com

ThronePhotography.com

Benicia, California USA

August 07

Rev Apr 08; Aug 09