Mark Guinn on Fstoppers

Photographer

Husband, dad, wannabe outdoorsman & photographer, lover of all things artsy, and all around nice guy that always has a good story to tell. I once worked for peanuts…literally.

I came into the artistic world as a musician. OK, I was a drummer, and we all know the old joke: "What do you call the guy that hangs out with the musicians in the band? The drummer! Badum-tssh!!!" I lost the ability to play, though, when I began to develop arthritis in my hand. What always made music so special to me was a weird ability to close my eyes and "see" each note as a specific color. Every song started as a blank canvas and became a beautiful painting.

In a way, photography gave that back to me. Now I find those paintings on the other side of a camera. Whenever I click the shutter, there are actually two images: there's the realistic view in front of me, and then there's the painting that I see. My goal is to recreate that painting so everyone else can see it, too.

Gear Bag

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm
Nikon D810
Nikon D5600
Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG
Apple MacBook Pro
Apple iMac