Kelly Shipp

My passion is photography. It gives me a great excuse to explore our world and capture unique images. I enjoy the concept of exploration with the hope of discovering something special and capturing it -- freezing a moment of time and place. My work tends to focus in areas where I have the freedom to maximize my creativity, with little pressure of time and place. Whether it be landscapes, waterscapes, architecture, wildlife, macro, or portraits, I look to use my creativity and seek-out a unique perspective. I study the subject, composition, light and movement, and work to bring these together into one frame to tell a story. It may be my story or it may be one of yours. I don't always work in color, I often shoot in black-and-white and infrared. My strongest influences have been Ansel Adams, Gordon Parks, Galen Rowell, David Muench, and Frans Lanting.