Kenneth Ingham
is a photographer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He works with light and its
absence in capturing the images that he sees when he starts. He shoots mostly
women, scientists, science-in-action, and caves. He works often with models to create
a professional portfolio and says “If you believe that you are sexy, you are,
and it shows it in the photos.”
Kenneth got his
first camera around 1970 when he was 8 years old. He got a SLR in 1980. The
first photo he ever sold was around 1985; about the time he started caving. “ I
took my first very bad cave photos. It took a while to learn how to get good
photos in the cave” he said. The first
time he took his camera with him caving it was in Fort Stanton Cave. He got in
to caving as someone who liked photography and took photos on every cave trip;
back in the film days photos were made by calculating flash to subject
distances and then bracketing and hoping to get a single good photo per roll of
film. Digital cameras came later and they helped a lot for the immediate
feedback and faster learning. He was not sure what got him in to photography because
he has been doing so for so long.
Kenneth’s advice
for new cave photographers is “to get good at
lighting, starting with off-camera flash. You can practice outside of a cave in
a darker room or after dark. “They say that it takes 10,000 hours of work to
master something. The more time you spend experimenting and learning, the
sooner you reach the 10,000 hour level. Every time I do a photo session - cave
or not - I make at least part of the time for pushing myself to do something I
have not done before or [improve upon] that I am weaker at” he said.
Interview by Tabitha Rossman
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