Stephen Crowers' photostream  

I've taken photos as far back as I can remember - starting as a kid with a 110 camera and nicking my father's Kodak 35mm when I could get away with it. Mostly it was the ubiquitous snapshot, occasionally something slightly (very slightly) better. Over the years I had borrowed or purchased a number of cameras ranging from the semi-professional (Canon and Minolta SLRs) to the niche (Yashica Samurai Z) but eventually, "life" happened and photography took a back-seat to other things.

In 2002 met my spouse, Virgina - and as I started spending time around her horses, I found a passion for my photography again. I've been shooting semi-professionally, specializing in equestrian photography (show/event, farm, and sale photos), in the Mid-Eastern United States since the Spring of 2008.
I don't expect that this will ever be my primary career, since my day-job is more lucrative than the median Photog's salary of $27,720 (per US employment data), but I believe it's a great side-line to express and extend my creative side while providing quality, reasonably priced images to equestrians and other horse-lovers.

Waxing philosophic - I believe that creative professionals seem to get the short end in our modern society. We tend to judge value based on a a narrow view of technical expertise ("I can point a camera and take a photo as well as you, so what you do has little value.") This view disregards vision, creativity and other intangibles involved with creating a photograph. I wonder if this is evolutionary or cyclic, and if, as a society, we'll return to a period where art and music are considered a necessity in our daily lives. I hope so.

For now, I'm always working to improve both the finer technical points and the creative aspects, as I feel these are both life-long endeavors.



All photos in my stream copyright © 2000-2010, Stephen Crowers; All Rights Reserved

Please note that none of my photos are public domain or free stock images. Images may not be downloaded, used, copied, duplicated, reproduced, etc in any medium, physical or electronic, without my express permission.

Many of my images are available for sale and can be purchased by contacting me at steve@stephencrowersphotography.com.

Use without written consent by Stephen Crowers may constitute an infringement of copyright, which will be pursued to the fullest extent.

My blog (such as it is) can be found at blog.stephencrowersphotography.com or via the "Blog" link on my website.



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