. . . Blessed with an active avocation as a songwriter/composer and musician for more years than I care to mention (and supported by my amazing wife Linda), photography unexpectedly crept up on me much later in my adult life. Yet the parallels between the two art-forms continue to amaze me even today. Whether composing with light or sound waves, the creative discipline is the same; then sharing the gifts into which we have been born with hope of bringing joy to those who care to view or listen. Captured with both film and digital photography these quiet images are discovered in ordinary places, often hiding "right before your eyes". My hope is that they encourage you to slow down and be still, notice the overlooked, and find a brief moment of peace and light in your day.
. . . Thanks for viewing!
Ralph
GENRES . . .
- Woodland & Intimate Landscape
- Landscape & Waterscape
- Abstract & Impressionistic
- Minimalist
- Cityscape & Urban Architecture
- Rural Americana
- Macro
- Still Life
- Wild Life & Animals
- Botanical
- Aerial & Astro
MEDIUM . . .
- Film (4 x5, 120, 35mm, Instax, Polaroid)
- Digital (DSLR, Drone, Stitched Panoramic, Digital 4x5)
DARK ROOM . . .
- Digital Negative Conversion Contact Printing
- Film Enlarging (4x5, 120, 35mm)
- Film Negative Contact Printing (4 x5, 120, 35mm)
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES . . .
- Oil, Pastel and Pencil Colored B&W Photo Prints and Prepared Inkjet Prints
- Light Painting
- Drone Imagery
INFLUENCES. . .
- Ansel Adams
- Eliot Porter
- Christopher Burkett
- Ken Duncan
- Michael Kenna
- Ken Evans
PUBLICATIONS AND DISPLAYS . . .
- 2013 Chelsea Music Festival
- 2018 Dopkins & Company Wall Art
- 2019 Tompkins Bank of Castile Wall Art
- 2021 Our Magnificent Planet, Lensworks Publishing, 2021