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My Life Story -- Abridged

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Life Story I was born in 1970 my dad, Larry, was a wedding photographer at that time mostly working for his brother (My Uncle Gene), My uncle was well known for wedding pictures and school pictures. My uncle worked for a company called National School Studios, his wedding picture business was his own and my grandmother helped with the wedding business, my grandmother (Virginia) would show the finished pictures to the brides and collect payment. It went well like this my grandmother was working out of her house before it was fashionable, my uncle and dad decided not to have a studio but they had many friends with studios. I do not know any photographers today with studios, my dad new at least one person that was Noel Simmons, he was a good photographer with a studio and my dad had a friend with a developing house, he did know the people at Key Color but he also knew mr Larry Brown that had a photo processing center in Harahan it was called Photo Scope, my dad showed him the wo