My name is Erik Herrmann, and I fell in love with photography at a very young age as I saw the world through the lens of my father's cameras. My dad was always out shooting and had a darkroom set up in our house where I spent countless hours learning everything that I could about the craft. When I grew up and started my own family, I kind of forgot about the camera and the magic that I used to feel when I was out capturing images. In 2012, after not owning a camera for over two decades, I found myself in the electonics department at a local store and the the bug bit me again. I bought myself a consumer level Nikon digital camera and a lens and I've been shooting daily ever since.
A lot had changed in the years since I wandered about with my dad. Digital had taken over from film, and it was something entirely new to me. I have thoroughly enjoyed learning this new skill set and applying what I remembered from my film days to the new (to me) digital darkroom. But I never really lost my love of film and the old way of doing things. About a year ago, I started collecting film cameras and shooting the medium again. I develop my own film and scan the negatives, and I have a small darkroom where I make black and white prints. The name Studio7south was the unofficial name for my dads freelance photography business, and I use it as an homage to his memory.