oceanreflections

Very early in my ‘Career’ I was focused (use a pun, go to jail) on becoming an ‘advertising photographer’. You see, I had only one assisting job in my fledgling professional life at that point and that was with….wait for it…an advertising photographer. My Dad, a finish carpenter and cabinet maker, always said that ‘if you only have one tool, and that’s a hammer’ everything appears as a nail”. One day, as I was struggling once again to pay the rent etc. he suggested I call on a client of his, a very famous Graphic Designer. “But Dad, I’m an advertising photo…..” he interrupted me. ‘Bobby, you need work and this company buys tons of photography.” He gave me a phone number and a name…along with a look that told me it was a good idea to make that call. Within a few years, I had shot countless projects for that company and won awards for practically every one of them. And…I learned about ‘Negative Space’: the simple option, that offered an opportunity to leave room for elements to ‘breathe’ in composition. Thanks Dad, and thank you to Mr. Robert Miles Runyan (RIP), and Gary Hinsche, his Design Director, who gave me that first opportunity. This image is an homage to them both.