Welcome to my Portfolio.
Background:
Like most individuals, I have been a part-time photographer when our family came on the scene in the 70's. Essentially capturing photos of family events and travel. The equipment of the day was Kodak Instamatic, Argus and other film cameras. We purchased Kodak or Fuji film, found lowest cost photo processing locations and mail-in services (Mayflower Photo Labs). Film was expensive in as much as every photograph taken used removed a future available photograph on 12, 24 and 36 exposure film. Then the digital age came, meaning each photograph was captured via an electronic sensor and film became for me a thing of the past. I started with a pocket Rollie 35 mm camera, then a Pentax where I had to match a circle and a line to insure proper exposure and a prism like thing in the center of the viewfinder had to be clear to know the subject was in focus. I made a big step up to get into zooming the lens and purchased the state of the art, max zoom a single lens Canon SX-40 (with max zoom 40x normal view). My go-to photo editor for organizing , processing and enhancing the digital photos was Picasa by Google (great free editing software and still used today). I said to myself at that time "I arrived"! That was digital photography and after purchasing a 'real' professional camera - the Nikon D5100, and upgrading to Photoshop Elements I was ready to go Pro (well, not really).
The Nikon 5100 with a Tamron 18-210 mm was my everyday photography equipment. Then the camera world exploded, software developers, camera suppliers and social groups formed and the hobby grew and grew. From about 2012 to today, my equipment consists of my trusted Nikon 5100, a Sony mirrorless A6500 (upgraded from an A6000) with a Sony 18mm -200mm telephoto lens, and 16mm - 50 mm short telephoto lens, a Sony 50mm prime lens and now with the my expended interest (or call it passion) I recently added in 2017 a Panasonic LX5. My primary editing software is Adobe Lightroom CC Classic, the NIK Collection, Skylum's Luminar and easyHDR and lastly, noise reduction software - Skylum's Noiseless.
My Photographic Style:
We all have a style or type of photographic theme that excite us. Some like portraits, some flowers, birds, landscapes and on and on. My style or interest started out capturing memories and travel activities and places - with every so often reading and trying other styles, and since late 2017 came upon a theme or style that grabbed me called Low-Light (landscapes and architecture) and Golden Hour or Nighttime Street Photography. I have found that as I expanded my photography from capturing family and travel moments to capturing emotion, sunsets, nighttime street, I have learned an extensive amount about exposure and capturing light in varying conditions. In addition, Golden Hour and Nighttime photography introduces one to sights and scenes not typically seen by most people since the opportune times for these photographs are typically before and after sunrise and sunset. With it one sees subjects and scenes in a different 'light' - offering strong contrasts of color and brightness, opening up post-processing using HDR (high dynamic range) possibilities. The other significant 'plus' with this style of photography is that it provides a 'reason' for Ginger and me to seek out and explore many destinations throughout Florida .
At the start of 2019 I began exploring B&W photography. I have been drawn to this style of photography since it allows me to focus more acutely on form, texture, shape and composition with less distractions color photography provides. I find it embraces simplicity and creates a story or mood in some situations better than color. If you look back at the Photography Masters, their photographs are timeless.
Website navigation tips:
- There are several collections. View then by clicking the Collection photo on the Home page, or use the Collections drop-down at the top of the page.
- You can return to the first page by clicking Home or bobkyle.photography.
Like most individuals, I have been a part-time photographer when our family came on the scene in the 70's. Essentially capturing photos of family events and travel. The equipment of the day was Kodak Instamatic, Argus and other film cameras. We purchased Kodak or Fuji film, found lowest cost photo processing locations and mail-in services (Mayflower Photo Labs). Film was expensive in as much as every photograph taken used removed a future available photograph on 12, 24 and 36 exposure film. Then the digital age came, meaning each photograph was captured via an electronic sensor and film became for me a thing of the past. I started with a pocket Rollie 35 mm camera, then a Pentax where I had to match a circle and a line to insure proper exposure and a prism like thing in the center of the viewfinder had to be clear to know the subject was in focus. I made a big step up to get into zooming the lens and purchased the state of the art, max zoom a single lens Canon SX-40 (with max zoom 40x normal view). My go-to photo editor for organizing , processing and enhancing the digital photos was Picasa by Google (great free editing software and still used today). I said to myself at that time "I arrived"! That was digital photography and after purchasing a 'real' professional camera - the Nikon D5100, and upgrading to Photoshop Elements I was ready to go Pro (well, not really).
The Nikon 5100 with a Tamron 18-210 mm was my everyday photography equipment. Then the camera world exploded, software developers, camera suppliers and social groups formed and the hobby grew and grew. From about 2012 to today, my equipment consists of my trusted Nikon 5100, a Sony mirrorless A6500 (upgraded from an A6000) with a Sony 18mm -200mm telephoto lens, and 16mm - 50 mm short telephoto lens, a Sony 50mm prime lens and now with the my expended interest (or call it passion) I recently added in 2017 a Panasonic LX5. My primary editing software is Adobe Lightroom CC Classic, the NIK Collection, Skylum's Luminar and easyHDR and lastly, noise reduction software - Skylum's Noiseless.
My Photographic Style:
We all have a style or type of photographic theme that excite us. Some like portraits, some flowers, birds, landscapes and on and on. My style or interest started out capturing memories and travel activities and places - with every so often reading and trying other styles, and since late 2017 came upon a theme or style that grabbed me called Low-Light (landscapes and architecture) and Golden Hour or Nighttime Street Photography. I have found that as I expanded my photography from capturing family and travel moments to capturing emotion, sunsets, nighttime street, I have learned an extensive amount about exposure and capturing light in varying conditions. In addition, Golden Hour and Nighttime photography introduces one to sights and scenes not typically seen by most people since the opportune times for these photographs are typically before and after sunrise and sunset. With it one sees subjects and scenes in a different 'light' - offering strong contrasts of color and brightness, opening up post-processing using HDR (high dynamic range) possibilities. The other significant 'plus' with this style of photography is that it provides a 'reason' for Ginger and me to seek out and explore many destinations throughout Florida .
At the start of 2019 I began exploring B&W photography. I have been drawn to this style of photography since it allows me to focus more acutely on form, texture, shape and composition with less distractions color photography provides. I find it embraces simplicity and creates a story or mood in some situations better than color. If you look back at the Photography Masters, their photographs are timeless.
Website navigation tips:
- There are several collections. View then by clicking the Collection photo on the Home page, or use the Collections drop-down at the top of the page.
- You can return to the first page by clicking Home or bobkyle.photography.