Gary Paakkonen
Profile
I am an avid amateur photographer who goes through life in a series of shutter clicks.
I try to shoot my photo’s from odd angles that add a different perspective to the pictures.
I also love Black and White and Photo Illustrations.
My favorite topics are Landscapes, Rural area’s and anything that burns gas especially old cars and construction equipment.
I have recently re-discovered film as my digital suffered an untimely demise by drowning. I found my old Minolta Maxxum 450si in the bottom of my closet, dusted it off, replaced the battery and off I went. I am loving it as I had almost forgotten what makes a good shot. With film, a lot ofplanning goes into every photograph where the digital I found myself taking a hundred images and choosing only one or two good ones…
Enjoy and please feel free to critique and comment.
Thanks, Gary
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Groups
Gary Paakkonen is a member of ! ♦♣♠♥Ȃll Things Black ♥♠♣♦ !, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Yellow Gallery, ! $$☻Get Art Promoted☺$$ !, ! 100% !, " You Big SOFTY", "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, "Old Things - 3 per Day", "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), *Focus and Lighting*, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, 2 Wheels, A Place To Call Home, Airlines of the world , Alaska ~ Beyond Your Dreams, All About Flowers, All About Water, All New Improved Seascapes [only upload one per day], All Pets Great and Small, All the Fun of the Fair, All Trucks, Alphabet Soup (Letter R), Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes, Around The World, BARNS & Old Grist Mills and Covered Bridges from around the World!, Beach, River and Lake Treasures ( With location ), Beautiful Garbage, Bits and Pieces , Canada *4/day & Please Review Rules B4 Submitting*, Canadian Historical and Pioneer Sites, Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Castle Magic, Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses, Cityscapes and City Skylines ~ ALL THINGS "CITY" , Classic Cars Worldwide, Commercial Vehicles, Construction and Demolished, Country Bumpkin, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Cutest of the Cute, Equine Art and Photography, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Falling Leaves, Featured Features - For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing, First Things, Garden Sculptures And Ornaments, Glorious Lilies, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Green!, Landscape Photography, Leaves , Live, Love, Dream: , Mountains Across the Globe, Mutts, Neon Heaven, No More Color, Ontario, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day (Dogs only), OUTSIDE THE BOX!, Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, Photo Manipulators, Photography 101, Photography Fun, Photos of Lighthouses, Powered by Steam, Public Art, Public Utilities , Rage, Railway Art and Photography, Rural Around The Globe, Rustic, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits - 2 Per 24 Hours, Safe Haven, Selective Coloring, Shameless Self-Promotion, Skyscapes, Statues and Such, Street Photography and Photojournalism, The 100 - 499 VIEWINGS GROUP, THE 500 TO 5000 VIEWINGS GROUP, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The ART for Cancer Group, The Grunge Art Gallery, The Photographer In Action, Toys and Puppets, Trains, Truckies, Wall of the World , Weekly Theme Challenges, Which Way - walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways, Who are YOU to Judge?, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best, ≈• Monochrome •≈ (No Black and White!) and ≈♥≈The Weekend Photographer≈♥≈.
