William Rister (whr)'s Home

I became interested in photography around age 10 and my first camera was a Kodak Baby Brownie, using 127 b&w film. Around age 12 I decided to get my Photography Merit Badge in the Boy Scouts. Many an hour was spent in the darkened bathroom, developing and printing my snapshots while my parents banged on the door ..yellng for me to hurry up!
During my teenage years I moved from that Baby Brownie to an Argus twin-lens reflex and then to my first 35mm, an Argus C-3. which I still have as I approach the mid-70's in age. For around ten years following school and some college I did educational and medical photography and then changed fields, eventually retiring from law enforcement. But my love for photography never ceased and the camera collection grew. I have several 35mm cameras, four medium format twin lens cameras, a couple of single lens medium format and three polaroids as well as several digital cameras. The digital I most often use is a Nikon D300 although I also use a couple of Sony Mavica's, a Minolta Dimage A1,,as well as Nikon D70, and D200.
I hope you enjoy the photos in my galleries as much as I enjoy creating them. And thanks to my opry friends, Paul and Linda Pizzi, for this updated photo ..taken at the opry of course.
Jade II
Updated: Jun 09, 2009 10:13am PST
Flora
Updated: Jun 09, 2009 9:37am PST
Fauna
Updated: Mar 14, 2009 4:49am PST
OPRY XVI
Updated: Jan 11, 2009 12:48pm PST
Jade
Updated: Oct 12, 2008 5:12pm PST
Opry XV
Updated: Oct 12, 2008 4:58pm PST
Opry XIV
Updated: Aug 05, 2008 5:10am PST
Opry XII
Updated: Dec 19, 2007 9:51am PST
Opry XI
Updated: Aug 02, 2007 12:13pm PST
Opry X
Updated: Apr 19, 2007 5:13pm PST
Opry - CD Intro
Katelynn Bain introduces her first CD on January 13, 2007
Updated: Jan 17, 2007 6:53am PST
Opry IX
Updated: Nov 28, 2006 6:51am PST
Opry VII
Updated: May 17, 2006 11:48am PST
Opry VI
Updated: Dec 13, 2005 7:26am PST
Opry V
Updated: Aug 22, 2005 12:52pm PST
Opry IV
Updated: Jun 06, 2005 10:19am PST
Opry III
Updated: Jun 06, 2005 10:06am PST
Opry II
Updated: Jun 06, 2005 9:56am PST
Opry!
Updated: Jun 06, 2005 9:45am PST