As an Ophthalmic Photographer my job consists of photographing medical phenomena of the eye to document diseases, treatments, surgeries, and congenital defects that aid Ophthalmologists in the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. Working in a clinic that has such a wide variety of specialties, I get to see some amazing things- from diabetic retinopathy to melanomas, to retinal or choroidal detachments, to glaucoma, and even surgeries. People from all over the country come to see our doctors and I feel very privileged to be a part of this clinic.
On a weekly basis we (the team of photographers) perform OCTs (Optical Coherence Tomography), visual fields, fundus photography, fluorescein angiograms, anterior and posterior segment ultrasounds, ERGs (electoretinogram), VEPs (visual evoked potentials) and VERs (visual evoked response). Whew! That's a mouthful!
Since this is my first official entry, I am going to start off with just a simple color fundus photo of my own eye. As far as I know, this is a pretty healthy lookin' ball! For those of you non-ophthalmic photographers, this is a photo of the back part of your eye. The entire image is showing my retina. The white-ish ball to the right side is my optic nerve, which transmits all of the visual information that it receives from the retina through the optic chiasm and finally, to the brain. The darker pigmented area in the center of the photo is my macula, which is the center of my vision. The very center of that is called the fovea, which is responsible for viewing fine details, such as reading.
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