About

Nancy Lehrer: Story teller with a camera

If you live in Ventura County, you can find me at either the Thousand Oaks Photo Group or the Ventura County Camera Club.

My History of Photography

My first memory of taking photos was with a Kodak Brownie camera in the 5th grade at a beach-side camp. I was dubbed the camp photographer. A year later I decided to document the wedding reception of my grandmother’s 3rd wedding. Here’s the happy couple (I should have moved the bottle). I love the EXIF data on the side of the print: June 1968 – I was 9.

Growing up, I alwasy had a camera and my Dad always took photos (and still does) and this might be why. All the kids had our own Kodak Instamatics with those great 4-sided flash bulbs that could burn your little fingers off.

In 1978, I bought myself a Canon AE-1 which I used with a single 50mm lens to tell stories through 2000 when, alas, my career in Computer Science slowly overwhelmed my hobby. As is the story of many I meet, digital photography, with its every increasing quality and lightening fast feedback cycle, changed everything and allowed me to rekindle my passion and hone my skills to a level I would never have envisioned.

I love tromping in the mud, teaching, and above all telling stories. Whether landscapes or street, my images are intended to be viewed in groups, showing a progression and different views.