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My Name is Kevin Colle, and I am a photographer & graphic designer based out of Portland, Maine. For as long as I can remember I have always had a camera close by or in my hand. I cannot remember what my first camera was. It was nothing special, but that did not matter because it fascinated me. My first pictures were not great by any means, but I can remember taking them was great fun.
The photography bug really bit when I was in high school and I got my first good camera. While I was in high school I can remember trying to get out of classes, or just skipping classes to work in the darkroom. As well as my high school photography classes, I was also taking various printing classes, such as offset printing, and silk screening. Those printing classes provided a strong base in graphic design.
After high school I went off to college to study marine science geography and anthropology. Photography was pushed aside for a few years, but that soon changed, as I found ways to incorporate my love of photography and graphic design into my work. While I was in college a few things happened that changed me and made me realize that I should follow my passion for photography: I became friends with a lot of people who were studying photography and art, I had the opportunity to take cartography classes, also I had the opportunity to spend a few weeks in New Orleans -pre Katrina-, and the lead up to the war in Iraq. My friends made me realize that I should do what I love and not what others think I should do; The cartography classes taught me a great deal more about graphic design; New Orleans made me look at all aspects of human nature; and at one antiwar protest in Portland, Maine I took a picture that made me realize the power of the image.
Do you see what I see? I have two eyes you have two eyes, though my two eyes probably are not as good as yours I was born with ptosis (lazy eye) and strabismus (eyes do not always work naturally in unison) in my right eye. In the spring of 2008 I was told that I had cataracts in both eyes for many years or possibly since birth, so that summer I had the cataracts removed, and boy was that a great dramatic change.
Here is a quick description on how I see the world; when you are looking out at a beautiful landscape you are seeing the landscape in three dimensions thanks to your two eyes and the incredible supercomputer that is tucked away between your ears. When a camera is pointed at that same beautiful landscape it basically sees it in two dimensions. This is because it only has “one eye” the lens, and cannot perceive depth in the same way as you can. I have heard it said that: “photography is painting with light and pattern.” One of the keys to a good photograph is the lighting, or the use of other optical tricks to give a sense of depth.
When I look at that beautiful landscape I see it too, but in a slightly different way, much like a camera (but not completely) sees it in two dimensions. I tend to see the areas light and shadow, textures, patterns first to pick up clues on depth then I piece everything together. This at times is truly a limitation, though humans are good at evolving, and compensating for shortcomings and limitations. Limitations sometimes can be used as a skill.
The photography bug really bit when I was in high school and I got my first good camera. While I was in high school I can remember trying to get out of classes, or just skipping classes to work in the darkroom. As well as my high school photography classes, I was also taking various printing classes, such as offset printing, and silk screening. Those printing classes provided a strong base in graphic design.
After high school I went off to college to study marine science geography and anthropology. Photography was pushed aside for a few years, but that soon changed, as I found ways to incorporate my love of photography and graphic design into my work. While I was in college a few things happened that changed me and made me realize that I should follow my passion for photography: I became friends with a lot of people who were studying photography and art, I had the opportunity to take cartography classes, also I had the opportunity to spend a few weeks in New Orleans -pre Katrina-, and the lead up to the war in Iraq. My friends made me realize that I should do what I love and not what others think I should do; The cartography classes taught me a great deal more about graphic design; New Orleans made me look at all aspects of human nature; and at one antiwar protest in Portland, Maine I took a picture that made me realize the power of the image.
Do you see what I see? I have two eyes you have two eyes, though my two eyes probably are not as good as yours I was born with ptosis (lazy eye) and strabismus (eyes do not always work naturally in unison) in my right eye. In the spring of 2008 I was told that I had cataracts in both eyes for many years or possibly since birth, so that summer I had the cataracts removed, and boy was that a great dramatic change.
Here is a quick description on how I see the world; when you are looking out at a beautiful landscape you are seeing the landscape in three dimensions thanks to your two eyes and the incredible supercomputer that is tucked away between your ears. When a camera is pointed at that same beautiful landscape it basically sees it in two dimensions. This is because it only has “one eye” the lens, and cannot perceive depth in the same way as you can. I have heard it said that: “photography is painting with light and pattern.” One of the keys to a good photograph is the lighting, or the use of other optical tricks to give a sense of depth.
When I look at that beautiful landscape I see it too, but in a slightly different way, much like a camera (but not completely) sees it in two dimensions. I tend to see the areas light and shadow, textures, patterns first to pick up clues on depth then I piece everything together. This at times is truly a limitation, though humans are good at evolving, and compensating for shortcomings and limitations. Limitations sometimes can be used as a skill.
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