frankphoto
Profile
Thanks for stopping by! You can see more of my work at
http://firstfrostphoto.blogspot.com/ and
http://www.pbase.com/veganphoto
I have been creating fine art photographic images and commercial work for more than 33 years. I developed my own film and enlargements in the wet darkroom for decades. I have been 100% digital for the past 9 years. I have traveled to create images in Europe, Japan, Asia and Central America and around the U.S.
I worked for Nikon Inc. for 10 years, Wess Photo Products for 8 years and before that for Tiffen Filters. I have had many solo shows and particpated in innumerable juried exhibits over the years.
Photography is my passion! My primary subjects are the natural world, birds, and decaying structures left by man. In my work I seek out and immerse myself in natural subjects and locations that I am drawn to. I use all of my senses to experience the scene and location. I often return to the same subject dozens or even hundreds of times to study and experience the subject in different light, season, humidity, and weather conditions. I am drawn to fleeting natural events like frost, dew, ice, mist, reflections and water surfaces.
I seek to make images that express my emotional and physical reaction to and experience of subject and place. I hope that my images will stir an emotional reaction in the viewer and that the viewer will share and discuss their reactions to my work. I also hope that my work will foster a growing appreciation and reverence for unspoiled natural places and the wild creatures that reside within nature. I hope that the viewer is reminded of the many spiritual, emotional, and physical benefits that humans receive from spending time in natural, wild, undeveloped places.
My photographic art is a celebration of the intersection of life, vision, human artistic expression and the elements of sunlight, water, fire, and earth. Recently I have been exploring movement in nature by pushing, pulling, and twisting the light during the image capture process.
My work is printed either on a professional Epson Pigment Printer using Archival Utra-chrome pigments and Archival heavy stock papers, or, on a commercial Fuji Frontier Printer using Fuji Crystal Archival Photographic Paper. Both processes are rated for archival longevity of 100 plus years.
I love to share my knowledge and offer classes and one-on-one lessons for photo enthusiast’s of all ages.
“In wildness is the preservation of the world.”
quote by Henry David Thoreau from Walking
Groups
frankphoto is a member of "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 3 works total, *A Beautiful Blur, A Garden somewhere..... , Abandoned Dark Creepy, All About Water, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, All Trucks, Architecture and cityscapes, BARNS & Old Grist Mills and Covered Bridges from around the World!, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Classic Cars Worldwide, Dilapidated Buildings, Extraordinary Fractalius - Fractalius Filter Only- (NO Fractal Art) 3/day, Farms and Countryside, Fine Art of Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Mood & Ambi(e)nce - Strictly Photos / ( No need to enter images in the group for the challenges), Nature's Reclamation, New York City, Night Photography, Nikon DSLR Users Group - 2 uploads per 24 hours, Prize Challenges!!, Redfield Plugins, Rural Around The Globe, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Shots in the Fog, StreetArt, The Birds, The Red Barn, Waterfall Photography and You're Accepted.
