The first photo i ever shot was of my father, with a spartus full vue camera that i received for my bar mitzvah,” recalls ehrenberg, of his almost 70-year love affair with the camera. Ehrenberg’s professional career as a photographer began when he joined the us marine corp reserves in 1952. “this was how i honed my skills, working with some of the finest photographers in buffalo during the 50s,” says ehrenberg. Ehrenberg and his wife grace opened their own photo studio in 1963.