Geist Arts' photostream

I was a typical 11-year-old Michigan farm boy when I got my first camera, a Kodak Starmite. It changed my life forever. Cameras have change. They’re more sophisticated than that little boxy Kodak, but regardless of how fancy they’ve become, the excitement I got shooting that first picture has never wavered.

That was 49 years ago, and along the way, I have been blessed to find friends and mentors who helped me understand both the art and the technical side of photography. Their guidance and support resulted in my images supporting newspaper and magazine articles, filling print and web catalogs, and illustrating technical literature. Even more satisfying are the growing number of individuals who enjoy my images gracing the walls of their homes and offices.

My respect for nature, nurtured by growing up on an organic farm and living so many years in Alaska have certainly influence me, but so have my travels to other countries. My style is traditional and my subjects are whatever catches my attention and stirs my emotions.
I consider myself a visual historian as much as an artist. Whether I’m shooting a Cherry Blossom Festival in Japan, a crumbling wall in Old Panama City, the rugged Alaska wilderness, waves smashing against Oregon’s ocean cliffs, or a delicate Sonora Desert flower full of morning dew...it is nature, society and life that creates the art. I am just lucky to be around to capture it.

Visit my online gallery at www.geistarts.com for more.