David L. Smith Photography (Pittsburgh, PA)

My interest in photography grew while serving in Germany with the US Third Armored Division. They had a lab in the service club where one could do darkroom work. There I learned to develop and print black and white photos of my trips in Germany, Austria, and France and my Army adventures. After the Army I worked with a portrait studio and a lithographer in My home town of Morgantown, West Virginia for a year. I then entered West Virginia University under the GI Bill to get my degree in Art. in 1972. While at WVU I was the head photographer for the yearbook and also took courses in journalism, advertising, typography, film making and stage lighting to expand my photo education. My art background has been very valuable in understanding lig