Rick Charles picked up a 35mm Canon AE-1 film camera (yes, that very one pictured!) as a high school student in the early 1980's and seldom is far from a camera now.  He has always been captivated by life in motion.  Capturing action images without a possibility of a do-over has been the allure.  For over thirty-five years, Rick has literally "focused" on aviation, action events, emergency situations, nature, sports and transportation... subjects which don't wait for the photographer.