Welcome to J. Borg Photography. I’m Jim, and this is my photography site to showcase some of my favorite photos and talk about all things photography.
My interest in photography started at a very young age when I watched my brother develop photos in his darkroom in our basement. My dad enjoyed taking family photos and seemed to buy a new camera every few years. As a teenager, I started using a 35mm SLR and enjoyed taking photos whenever I could. In high school, I was on the school newspaper as a photographer and developed my own film.
Over the years, photography has been a hobby, not a profession. I have never been one to need the latest and greatest camera equipment; I bought what I could afford and what suited my needs.
When I went back to school to study electronic publishing and graphic arts, I was first exposed to programs like Photoshop and immediately saw what a game changer it would be for photographers.
I have used Photoshop during my career and have now ventured into a number of other digital imaging programs.
I love all things photography, from collecting vintage cameras to collecting and restoring vintage images. I love how I can take a 60-year-old slide, scan it in, and restore it to something the original photographer may have seen through his lens. I also love how I can take an old photo and, through digital enhancements, create a totally new image.
Of course, the newest intrigue has to include AI image generation. Images are no longer created by the photographer from what they see through their lens but from their imagination. Just as digital cameras change photography, AI image generation will change our perception on a whole new level.
