Member’s Gallery – Digital: People, Places and Things with Greg Smith

People, Places and Things (but not in that order!)

This presentation is broken into three parts:  People (street photography), Things (that caught my eye) and Places (landscapes and places) from our travels over the last few years.

Greg Smith Bio:

Enthusiast to Opportunist to Hobbyist to “Something More”?

Greg became familiar with photography from an early age.  His father, serving in Ireland and Cyprus, took many pictures throughout their many travels, always considering angles and framing the subjects when he could, and describing what and why as he did so.  Many a slide show was enjoyed! 

Greg got his first SLR (Minolta) prior to deployment to the Mediterranean Sea with the Marines, knowing there would be ample opportunities for pictures.  However, it was when attempting to take a picture of the Duomo in Florence, Italy he realized he needed a wide-angle zoom, as he had to take the picture from 3 blocks away to get it all in!  He secured his lens at the Navy Exchange in Naples, and so the enthusiast was hooked.

When Greg’s wife upgraded her camera, he took over her Nikon 5600 and began taking pictures again.  He was able to have a cup of coffee with a retired Marine who introduced him to NVPS, showing him several amazing award-winning photographs.  K-12 invited Greg to visit a club meeting, which he did, along with his wife, and shortly after they joined.

Since joining NVPS he has enjoyed the inspiration of seeing amazing pictures, the creativity of other members and the focused opportunities afforded by the themed competitions.   Taking more pictures led to upgrading to a Nikon D750, and with the encouragement of his wife, adopted shooting primarily in manual mode. 

Now Greg enjoys shooting whatever he happens upon: birds and landscapes primarily, and street photography when afforded the opportunity.  He is becoming more purposeful in his photography, moving from just shooting snapshots to thinking about compositions and seeking out better environments for capturing images.  He and his wife Gitta are anticipating an RV trip to Denver, Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Parks, with many stops along the way, and hopefully will have many opportunities to expand his skills.