Hi, I am Steve Dillon, sixteen years
retired from a 30-year career with the City of Roseville as Planning Director
and Community Development Director/Assistant City Manager. My main hobby interest, besides golf, has
always been photography. Starting with a
basic Brownie camera in my youth, I have graduated to a series of Nikon cameras
and lenses, and have been shooting digitally since 2005.
My subject matter and techniques vary and
include traditional and unique images. I
look for simple, strong compositions that can be reproduced in small or large
formats. Favorite topics are: old abandoned
things such as buildings, cars, trucks, trains; birds of all sorts; and
use of tight crops of larger images to better capture shapes, patterns,
textures and colors.
I do scenic panoramas that are printed, and
laminated on a rigid backing, foregoing the need for glass to protect the
image. I have also been laminating and
making frames for standard size images.
Also, to do “flair without glare”, I also
like to work with images on canvas, as gallery wraps, which includes a number
of panoramic scenes, and other interesting subjects. Plus, I have also started framing canvas
pieces as an alternative presentation.
While I am generally over-matched by the
workings of Photoshop, I am able to apply some of the basic programs that allow
me to produce the best possible images.
However, I still feel the best image is the one produced by the natural
setting, and not by the artificial one created by technology.
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