My interest in astronomy stems from my childhood. I was very interested in the Apollo program which I followed intensely. I only got actively involved with astronomy in 1985 with the return of Halley's Comet.
As I was already very interested in photography, to the extent of processing my own photographs, I instinctively turned my camera to the sky. My first astrophoto's were of the comet. They were not much more than faint smudges on the negatives but they meant a lot to me - my very own bit of Halley's Comet!