PENTAX Photo Gallery: Artist Bio

Arnold Zigman

Long Beach, CA - United States

Member, PPA, WPPI, Frum Simchas Photography -shooting Jewish Simchas in my community. I was given the encouragement by community members to shoot their special events. I turned a passion into a business without losing the love of capturing special moments in peoples lives. I retired from my Day Job 12/28/10, and am preparing to adopt the passion for photography as the next step in my working life. I started shooting and processing film as a camper in summer camp before the age of 10. When I joined the Navy at age 17, I soon had an "Instamatic" that was used in my travels. In 1972, I was on the island of Roi Namur in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands where I bought my first 35 mm SLR, a Pentax Spotmatic II with some really fine lenses. I was able to process all my B&W in our little darkroom and sent off all my slide film to Kodak for processing. That is where I learned a tremendous amount along with some friends. I was hooked on a great hobby and past-time which eventually evolved into Frum Simchas Photography. Now I shoot Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, Family Portraits, Events, Musicians, and anything else that strikes my fancy.

Camera Bag

2 Pentax K10Ds Pentax *ist DS Pentax PZ-1 DA 18-55/3.5-5.6 M 1:3.5 135mm M MACRO 1:4 100mm F 1:1.7 50mm FA 1:4-5.6 28-105mm FA* 1:1.4 85mm IF smc P-DA 14mm F/2.8 ED (IF) smc P-D FA 100mm F/2.8 Macro smc P-DA* 50-135 F/2.8 (IF) SDM smc P- DA*16-50 F2.8 (IF) SDM smc P-FA 31mm f/1.8 AL Limited Pentax 500 FTZ 3ft and 9 ft connecter cables with off shoe and shoe connectors 2 Pentax 540FGZs 2 Pentax TR Power Pack 3 External Battery Packs for the 540s Previous bodies and lenses beginning in 1972: Asahi-Pentax Spotmatic II, Black Body, ME Super, 1.8 85mm, 28mm, 50mm, 4.0 300mm