Image Photography still going strong after 50 years

BEMIDJI -- A camera malfunction at his first gig couldn't stop Bob Smith from forging what would become a 50-year career as a commercial photographer.

It was Aug. 8, 1970, and Smith was shooting the first of about 2,500 weddings in the Bemidji area. Robyn and Bill Schulke were the bride and groom. Smith, a 27-year-old Bemidji State College professor, was just starting his side job as a photographer.

"We were taking pictures after the wedding at my folks' house," Bill Schulke recalled, "and his camera went bonkers. He didn't want to lose all of his film, so we found the darkest place in my folks' house, which was a closet. He went in the closet, overhauled his camera and got everything working, and came back and finished the shoot."

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