Hello,

My name is Ted Sikkink and I have been making pictures ever since I was 6 years old! Maybe this sounds impressive but the reason why I started so early is pretty simple: my father was a journalist and a die hard amateur photographer. He taught me the basics and gave me my first camera when I stopped biting my nails…

Starting with that first Minolta reflex, I subsequently purchased several other cameras, including brands like Canon and later Nikon, up until my favorite one, a Leica m5.

Besides following a fantastic TIME home-study photo course, which definitely allowed me to get to a higher level, I later joined a photography school in Brussels, which unfortunately turned out to be very technically oriented and bored me quite rapidly.

There’s no doubt that if I had gone to an art school type of institute, I would have become a professional photographer, but things turned out differently and I ended up working in the music industry (EMI, Warner) and so remained an amateur (albeit passionate) photographer.

Like most of you, I switched to digital photography, working with a very simple Sony which fits in my breast pocket and I carry with me most of the time.

Working with digital pictures and looking for the best possible digital photo editing software, I soon discovered ACDSee’s fantastic photo manager (and later photo editor), which I have continued to use ever since simply because it is extremely flexible and loaded with all sort of neat tools and options, allowing for maximum efficiency.

So if you’re looking for photo software that “provides everything you need to make the most of your digital memories” I wholeheartedly recommend ACDSee photo software.

Sincerely,

Ted Sikkink