..."I want to convey a sense of how rich the ordinary world is"...Frank Gohlke, photographer...

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My photographs are copyright protected. Written permission is required from me to use them. Thank you :-)

Hello Everyone! Thanks for stopping by to read my profile!

I live in Lafayette, Colorado, which is just east of the well known City of Boulder. I've been photographing in earnest for about four years now and use a Sony RX100 -- taking most of my photographs while bicycling. Occasionally, I'll use my Point-and-Shoot film cameras along with my Olympus OM 4ti.

The subject matter that interests me and attracts my eye speaks for itself through my photographs. I photograph nearly every day, always taking my camera with me in my bicycle trunk bag. I have found that bicycling is the near perfect means to take my photos. Scenes unveil themselves to me at a modest pace -- if I were walking, the pace would be too slow, without enough opportunities to discover new ideas for images. If I were driving about in a car, most opportunities would simply pass me by without notice, or I would not take the time to pull over to the side of the road.

Foremost in my photography, I try to keep what I refer to as visual clutter to a minimum. Visual clutter, to me, is material within an image that detracts from my subject or does not contribute to the photograph. Only if I feel I can gain a handle on the visual clutter, do I attempt to compose a photograph.

I also like to create photographs with clear, vibrant colors. I make a real effort at visualizing how well the different colors in a scene may work together. Often, the color combinations found in my images are not mere coincidences.

I am so inspired by the many flickr photographers and especially the talented and creative individuals I follow, as they have really helped me in improving my photography! I truly enjoy looking at others' photographic creations; I can't get enough of them!

Although I would like to, I don't follow a really large number of individuals simply because I want to devote sufficient time to the photographic efforts of those I do follow on Flickr. If I were to follow several hundred individuals, I don't feel that would be possible.

If you would like to view what I feel are my best photographs, I have set up two Albums titled, "Personal Favorites" and "Photos To Frame". The images selected are not based on flickr "interestingness" or "favs", rather they're simply the ones I like the best!

Craig; July 2017

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Photo Contest Awards: I've been fortunate to win some local photo contest awards in 2013,2014, 2015, and 2016. The annual contest I've entered is called "Life In Louisville" and is sponsored by the City of Louisville, Colorado. Two of my images have also been selected by the City of Lafayette, Colorado to use on their web page.

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My photographs are copyright protected. Written permission is required from me to use them. Thank you :-)