Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.'s photostream  

My interest in photography, sparked by my father, spans almost forty years. Some of my first images were made as a six-year-old child on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with my dad’s Baby Rolleiflex.

My professional career began while I was still in high school. After winning top honors in the Maryland Film Festival two years in a row, I took on assignments as a campaign photographer for a local politician, and did freelance work for The Rouse Company and the Columbia Flier, and I have photographed numerous weddings, portraits, musicians, special events, concerts and more.

For some time, I specialized in black-and-white photography, shooting only film (Ilford HP5). Over the past few years, however, I have switched to digital imaging for all of my photographs. Although the switch to digital has afforded me complete creative freedom in my work, I generally prefer not to make computer manipulations that I could not have realized in a traditional photo lab.

My publishing credits include The Columbia Flier, Firehouse Magazine, and The Light Iron Digest. Additionally, my photographs of model trains appear in a coffee table book on the subject, released in late 2006, as well as in a three-part series in Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.

In 2003, I, along with several other area photographers, founded the Central Maryland Photographers’ Guild, a not-for-profit organization dedecated to furthering the art and craft of photography, with a concentration on educating its members in the areas of photographic technique, use of equipment and in concepts of composition and aesthetics.

While I have photographed many different subjects and places throughout the years, Maryland’s Eastern Shore still rates highly among my favorites. Currently residing in Columbia, Maryland, I visit the Eastern Shore frequently, and wherever I go, I always carry at least one camera.


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