Greetings!

Let me explain: I am not an artist.

When I was a child, I carried a screw-driver in my pocket, in case I came across anything that needed, um, taking apart. When my daughter was a child, she would only eat half her meal so she'd have material for her plate sculptures. Ergo, I am an engineer, she is an artist. Having said that, I do have a right-brain, and it wants to come out to play.

I am just picking up the camera again after a long hiatus. Most of my previous work has been landscape, a hard habit to break. (Olympus OM-1/2, Zuiko 50mm, 28mm, various tele's.)

Now, however, I've become very interested in portraiture, something I've not done much of. Flickr is chock full of genius in this regard, so I'm having a great time exploring. Thanks to you all for sharing!

I currently use a Nikon D70, Canon S90, Olympus OM-2 and an iPhone, not necessarily in that order. :-)

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking - and looking.
-Brooks Atkinson

Photos of prestonrittenhouse (19)

  • Breakfast at Juan in a million by ApplesInMyBra
  • November 27th ~ for passions, for hobbies, for those things that make us tick by Step23
  • FollowFriday on Flickr {5 november 2010} by Aqua Libra
  • tagged...for ten by Step23
  • Preston at the entrance of Central Park. by *M-C1*
  • Sitting with Preston in Central Park. by *M-C1*
  • Preston, above the falls by Step23
  • So, I was on my way home last night thinking, "I can't wait to tell Preston about my day with..." by Step23
  • Me and P in Bryant Park by *M-C1*
  • 366/365 -- Goodbye 365 World by mtronnow (msthackeray)
  • Tagged! by Owl Eyes 78
  • Follow Friday on Flickr {4 juni 2010} by Aqua Libra
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prestonrittenhouse's favorite photos from other Flickr members (9,114)

  • 120229_01twentynine by only_taciturn
  • Miss Havisham plucks a whisker. by mollypeck
  • In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. by pugnatrix *mostly offline*
  • A Million Miles a Minute. by SaylaMarz
  • withered by just a girl ♀
  • Delete... by Love from Larissa
  • HOD! by MareyMercy
  • Stripeways. by MareyMercy
  • by solarixx
  • bunny loves by singlecupofcoffee
  • Crafters by singlecupofcoffee
  • 365/365 the end (oops-forgot to post this here) by mollypeck
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    :: inactive :: says:

    "Preston is a true Southern Gentleman, and I'm proud to call him my friend. Through his photography, we are graciously invited into his world to experience it as he does, through his morning runs, vacations, and just plain gallivanting around Texas. He has a beautiful wife and daughters and when I see the love these two have for one another ..... it almost (almost) makes me want to believe in love again ... almost. ;))

    Thank you, Preston for your encouragement and your friendship.
    May life always hand you it's best! xo!"

    11th October, 2011

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    Jodie Andrews says:

    "I really enjoy looking through your photos! Some great shots :) keep up the brilliant work!"

    8th January, 2010

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