Meet the Rounder's Photographer - Larry Smith

I am a photographer born and raised in Chicago, IL and now living in St Petersburg, FL.
I first got interested in photography as a kid when my dad bought me a Chinon 35mm film camera from Goldblatt’s Department store on Belmont Ave in Chicago. I took it everywhere and blew through many rolls of film on vacations and such.
In the early eighties I took photography courses at Wilbur Wright College (Chicago), settling on black and white architectural photography. I built a dark room in the corner of the basement in our Chicago bungalow and continued to develop my own prints for a several years. As life changed, I moved away from my interests in photography and on to other things. Then when digital photography started to emerge I had little interest, after all, I was a “film guy”! But, after watching digital media blossom, I was once again inspired. So…about 5 years ago I jumped back in!
Today, I shoot Canon cameras with a full complement of lens for sports, events, travel and street photography.
I have photographed the Rounders since 2019 in St. Pete, New York City, Key West and Dublin, Ireland.
Visit Larry’s website Skyway Photography to see albums of his adventures with the Second Time Arounders Marching Band.
