Bill's photographic skills have grown steadily over the last fifty years, from casual family shots as a teenager, to his current enthusiasm as a "passionate amateur". Bill started with black and white imagery in early Pentax film cameras (including a Spotmatic), through a series of Nikon cameras and lenses, and more recently to his acquisition of a newer (and lighter!) Sony A7Rii system. Bill's formal photographic training has encompassed courses and workshops with Andre Gallant, Steve Simon, and a few others. Most of Bill's knowledge and expertise, though, have come from the experience of seeing and capturing images: taking tens of thousands of photographs, engaging in numerous informal discussions and meetings with other photographers, attending photo club meetings, and critically reviewing his own work and the work of other photographers.