Michael Patterson

Michael Patterson

Owner

Started working at the Darkroom: 1994-12-01
Cameras Owned:
Canon 7D, Canon 40D, Zeiss Contessa, Graphic 35, Powershot A710 IS.
Hometown: Missoula
Story:
Purchased the Dark Room in October of 2006 after working at the store for many years

Sarah Velk

Sarah Velk

Sales

Started working at the Darkroom: 2007-06-06
Cameras Owned:
Olympus Stylus 1030, Canon Rebel 2000, Mamiya C3, and many, many more.
Hometown: Havre, MT

Story:
Sarah grew up in Havre, Montana. She moved to Missoula in the summer of 2007 and began working at the Dark Room. After working in the lab and on the sales floor for about a year Sarah decided to go back to school at the University of Montana. With an interest in commercial photography and a love of personal photography Sarah has worked in different areas of the subject for ten years. She graduated the University of Montana in the spring of 2013 with a B.S in Resource Conservation from the School of Forestry and Conservation and works full-time for the Dark Room.

Lab Technician

Lab Technician

Started working at the Darkroom: 2013-08-19
Cameras Owned:
Pentax Asahi A1, Canon Canonet II, Kodak Duaflex IV
Hometown: Twin Falls, Idaho

Http://www.firstfox.wix.com/timfox

Story:
Born in Sacramento, Ca 1987. Tim is a painter, photographer, poet, and philosopher. He lives in Missoula, MT on the northside. His favorite things in the world are bikes, computer games, being nerdy, pizza, and talking about art. He shows his artwork in and around Missoula as well as online.