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Steven Dow united states
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Coastal Light Part 1 - Atmosphere
After a long firefighting career, Steven began to focus on photography as a means of artistic expression. Living near the ocean, Steven found a new love and prefers to spend his time on the coast. Steven currently lives and works in Texas.
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entry description
The coastal region of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay is a meandering coast. It is not epic (I the area that I lived) in its appearance with ruggedness, sea stacks, boulders, or other features that make for great compositional elements. More often it is coastal grasses, sand, water, and eroding mud that constantly changes with the forces of nature. This initially caused great frustration for me because I could not find the compositions I was looking for and when I did find a composition I would return only to find the composition changed or gone all together because of the constantly changing landscape. After some time and quite a few fruitless trips to coastal areas I began to become aware of the fact that the understated beauty of the simple coastline within a couple of hour's drive is really in its simplicity. I needed to embrace the simplicity and the challenge of having to constantly find a composition in the moment. The only other element needed to bring life to the simplicity of the scene would be the right light, the right atmosphere, or both. This collection of images reflects what I have learned and observed during the 15 months I lived near the coast.about the photographer
Steven is a landscape photographer currently focused on seascapes and the movement of water. Steven grew up in the midwest of the United States. His first career was a professional firefighter and paramedic. This career afforded Steven with an abundance of time available for exploring the outdoors. For Steven, fly fishing and exploring trout and steelhead rivers throughout the midwest and western United States went hand in hand with having a camera to record the scenery and the fish. Spending time in these rivers surrounded by spectacular scenery created a deep fondness and fascination for landscapes and moving water.After a long firefighting career, Steven began to focus on photography as a means of artistic expression. Living near the ocean, Steven found a new love and prefers to spend his time on the coast. Steven currently lives and works in Texas.
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