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Randy Tindall

Randy Tindall

I started my photography career with a Kodak Brownie box camera — can’t recall which one — and one of the first pictures I remember taking was of one of our cattle eyeing me over a fence next to my family’s farm house. I tried to get a little more creative when my Dad let me use the Agfa Silette Pronto 35mm camera he had brought back from his Army tour in Germany. It actually focused and had exposure adjustments and such exotica. Even though everything was guesswork — no meter, no focusing aid, I tried photographing things like a dandelion from below, silhouetted against the sky, or a setting sun balanced on a fencepost.

And so it began — a lifelong fascination with cameras and light and nature. Although I have managed to travel a bit in my life, I find most of my subjects right outside our back door or within a short distance of home. Mostly I don’t need to go looking for them. They present themselves without much effort on my part, except patience and observation and an attitude that nothing is insignificant and there is very little that is not beautiful.

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David Frech

That Split-Second Moment

My own Argus Argo-Flex and Kodak film at age 12 got me started and eventually hooked on photography.  Back then you put your subject in sun light and yourself in the shade and called that exposure control.  You mailed your film to a lab and had to be happy with what they returned.  The digital transformation of photography was a godsend to me, because it allowed me to control every aspect from taking the picture to printing it.

Being a certified Missouri Master Naturalist has sharpened my eye, and being a member of both the Columbia Art League and Missouri Mid-Missouri Arts Alliance allows me to share my work with the public.

My photography has appeared in the Columbia Tribune and the Missourian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Images of the Ozarks (University of Missouri Press, 1998), and Images of Missouri (University of Missouri Press, 2001).  Most of it is of outdoor, existing light, subjects in South Boone County where I live.  Some from traveling Missouri and other places.

Taking a picture only requires a split-second, but capturing the mood and the light is a journey that may take hours, days, even years.  I live for that split-second moment that yields what photographers call a “keeper”, and that opportunity to share my vision with you.

You can contact me at 573-268-8058 or email David_frech@hotmailcom.


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Vicki Winton

Vicki Winton

Hi, I’m Vicki. 10 years ago I wouldn’t even know which states to travel through to get to Missouri from my home state of Michigan. It’s okay, I got it now. During my 47 years in Michigan I was only a casual photographer; documenting the life of my family. A few years after cancer claimed the life of my first husband, I met and married Brian and moved to Columbia.

A couple of years ago he gifted me with a DSLR camera for Christmas and my life, gratefully, has not been the same since. I rediscovered my long lost joy of photography.

Now that the kids are grown [insert confetti here] I actually have time to exercise my skills, I spend much time exploring Mid-Missouri and capturing glimpses of life in our community.

I am delighted to be a member of the Columbia Art League.

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Winsome Glimpse Photography


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Marcia Rackley

Marcia Rackley

Marcia Rackley earned a BFA degree in Illustration from the University of Missouri where she received the “Outstanding BFA Student Award” (Jerry Berneche Award) and won 2nd place in the MU Chancellor’s Art Competition. Marcia likes working in clay, pen and ink, watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, charcoal and photography.

She is a native Missourian and a registered Cherokee who has worked as a freelance artist for many years. Her commissions include: 12 illustrations for the University of Missouri Savitar (1987); paintings, photographs and two almanac covers for Shelter Insurance; private commissions; medical illustrations for liver research and patient education (University Hospital); and a mural (painted at the age of 16) featured in the Missourian. In 2001, Marcia exhibited her polymer hand-sculpted art dolls in the 2001 International Toy Fair in New York City as a member of a professional doll maker’s guild. In 2014, Marcia won 1st place ribbons at the Missouri State Fair for two of her pastel paintings and later won an award for her pastel painting Peppers and Goblets at the Boone County Art Show in Columbia.

Marcia also enjoys digital photography. She has been exhibiting her nature photographs for the last three years at Runge Nature Center (Jefferson City) and Powder Valley Nature Center (Kirkwood). She has also exhibited in the J. Lottes Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri Hospital. In 2014, her photograph of the American Painted butterfly was selected by the National Federation of Wildlife for inclusion in their 2015 card collection.

Marcia currently works at her alma mater, the MU Department of Art, where she is inspired and amazed every day by its art students and faculty. She is a member of the Columbia Art League and her most recent soft pastel paintings will be on display at the Central Bank of Boone County, 720 E. Broadway, Columbia, Missouri, beginning November 23, 2015 and continuing through the month of December 2015.


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Deni Cary Phillips

Deni Cary Phillips



Deni Cary Phillips Photographs ~ Infinity Photographs

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Embracing moments. Capturing Intimacy.

Deni Cary Phillips has had a camera in her hands since childhood. Unable to develop prints in the darkroom, she was thrilled when digital photography gave her creative control of processing. Deni shoots outdoors and the natural environment almost exclusively. Travel photography, landscapes and ancient architecture, and intimate landscapes are her favorite subjects. Self-taught for many years, she is also a graduate of The Arcanum, a now-defunct online school where she studied under a number of well-known photographers, as well as a student of Don Giannatti's commercial photography classes. Her work is on permanent display in a number of local residences and commercial buildings in Columbia Missouri. She is happy to work with clients to create right-sized photographs from her collection. Contact Deni through Columbia Art League for more engagement with the "Visions of Eagle Bluffs" collection, or to see more of her work.



You can often see her work in various locations around her home town, Columbia, Missouri, as well as online: Facebook, Instagram at InfinityPhotoDeni, and on her website, denicaryphillipsphotographs.com.



 "Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving." 

Ansel Adams



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Karen Marshall

Karen Marshall

Kate Verna Photography

Karen Marshall has been a resident of Columbia since 2003, graduating in 2007 from Mizzou with an interdisciplinary degree in Women’s Studies and Photography.

She has had a lifelong love of photography and began taking photos in grade school. Her work covers a wide range of subject matter, although she particularly enjoys taking pictures of animals, interesting textures, and places that are seemingly lost in time such as long forgotten ruins on Route 66.

Karen’s other passion is travel. She has been to every continent except Africa and Antarctica, and hopes to one day take an extended around the world trip and document it in photos. Karen always has her camera with her on trips and has an extensive body of work from her travels.

Black and white and sepia photography also interest Karen. She experiments with making some street photography and landscape photos black and white or sepia evoking a timelessness.

Why Kate Verna?

The name Kate Verna came from combining a nickname with her grandmother's maiden name as a tribute to her. Karen’s photos of Italy were taken during a trip to visit the Verna side of the family.

Awards

  • 2012 - Honorable mention in the Columbia, Missouri, Visions Photography competition.

  • 2013 - Photo selected to be in a juried show, the Visions Pho-Rest, at Art in the Park in Columbia.

  • 2014 & 2015- Two cat photos selected to appear in the Baker Taylor Publishing cat calendar, one in 2014 and one in 2015.

  • 2015 - Missouri State Fair honorable mention in the open photography competition for a photo of Westphalia, Missouri.

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W: www.katevernaphotography.com


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Jennifer L. Market

Jennifer L. Market

As a photographer, I have found the natural beauty contained within Missouri and beyond to be my inspiration. I have been toting a camera along as part of my everyday life and my travels for over 20 years and strive to take that extra time to capture what others may miss in a hectic busy world. As one who was trained originally to shoot images onto film and has now transitioned to digital equipment, I still strive to perfect the image before pressing the shutter and not embellishing afterwards in the darkroom or via computer. I keep those methods in my photographic toolbox, but I try to frame and edit an image onsite naturally, using available light and shadow, and let the compositions speak for themselves.

In some ways photography has become an integral part of all of our lives, whether it is a way to remember a special moment like a child’s birthday or to capture a trip and keep the images in a scrapbook to share with others who weren’t there. Some also consider these moments to be art and frame the images to be mounted on walls to enhance their everyday life. I hope that what I showcase here now, and in the future, leaves you inspired to take the time to find and appreciate the hidden magic in your everyday life.

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T: 573-443-7710
W: jlmarketphotography.com


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Ken Logsdon

Ken Logsdon

Around 1991, I met an artist in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, at an arts fair. Turned out this artist, Edie Dismuke, lived just a few blocks from me in northwest Denver. She made postage stamp jewelry and cards. One day when I was visiting her home studio, I suggested she add Churchill quotations (a passion of mine at the time) to her Churchill stamp cards. She declined but said something like "Be my guest." Thus Post-a-Quote was born. In two years time, I left a successful business partnership and moved with my wife Lynnette and two children to Columbia, Missouri, to pursue Post-a-Quote fulltime. I've been at it ever since.

Post-a-Quote was named before there was a worldwide web like today's. The name was a pun. On a blank greeting card I would handwrite a quotation to match an image on a postage stamp. The buyer of the card would then, in the British manner, “post” it to friends or family.

I have continued for the last 22 years to handwrite the quotations on each and every card. I'm often asked why, and I always say I do it because it further connects me to the words. I came to Post-a-Quote as a reader and collector of quotations, not as an artist. In that regard, I am self-taught. That's not to say that in addition to Ms. Dismuke there have not been people along the way who have helped me better myself as an artist.

Though I began with postage stamps as the anchor for the quote, over the years I began using vintage illustrations, artwork by noted Oklahoma artist D.J. Lafon and photographs by my sister, Claudia Hunter. Eventually my photo bug of earlier years was reignited. I discovered I could be my own illustrator for all those quotes I loved and for which I couldn't find a matching image. It is my own photos that I use now almost exclusively.

A couple of years ago I became involved with the Columbia Art League and have exhibited my photographs in several shows. The themed nature of the exhibits has challenged me and, I believe, made me a better artist. The Interpretations show of August 2013, dreamed up by Diana Moxon, the executive director of CAL, challenged me further artistically than anything so far. I look forward to more challenges in that venue.

In addition to quote cards I also do photo cards. Both are available in Columbia or can be purchased online. You may email me to see if I have a retailer in your area.

-Ken Logsdon
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W:www.postaquote.com


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Jim Jones

Jim Jones

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I have never felt really comfortable calling myself a Photographer.  I am more comfortable saying that "I gather images" - little bits of things that I see.  And then I 'do things' to those images and sometimes what evolves turns into something totally different and I hope more pleasant to look at.

 

I first remember taking pictures when I was in eight grade.  The first time that I can remember "seeing" a picture that I wanted to take was on a family trip from Wisconsin to North Carolina.  We were going through the Appalachians and I don't know if it was Kentucky or what, but there was coal mines everywhere and wild roses growing on the coal shale piled up along the tracks.  I saw this one huge, black, mountain of shale and there was this one beautiful rose growing on it.  It was on the other side of the railroad tracks from the road and I begged Dad to stop the car so I could get closer for a picture. I still can't believe that he actually stopped to let me do it.  I think he may have regretted it when a coal train came by and trapped me on the other side of the tracks.  My siblings didn't stop reminding me for a long time that there had 330 cars of coal, it was moving slow, there was coal dust everywhere and it was hot in the car waiting for me (no car A/C in those days).

 

Many people have been patient with me over the years while I was gathering images in one way or another.  I just hope that the images that I produce bring some joy to those who see them.

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W: www.jonesartworks.com


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Jan L. Coffman

Jan L. Coffman 

I love to walk in nature settings. That is where I find my paintings. I call my paintings contemporary realism as I paint my digital photographs with my digital bushes and sketching tools. As I paint, I relive the feelings I had at the time I was taking the picture. I hope you can enjoy the color, light, and breeze with me as you view my paintings. 

My training has been in technology design and education. As a technology trainer and web designer, I developed my digital skills of sketching and watercolors in my web design work. In retirement, I am now able to devote more time to my passion of digital painting. 

Let me describe some of the similarities and differences in digital painting and traditional painting. I paint layer upon layer as I am painting on the computer which is similar to a traditional painter; but if I wish, these layers can each be removed individually if I choose. My photographs can be hidden at the bottom of all of the layers so that they can be used as reference. With my digital brush, I may pick-up the color from the photograph or go to my digital pallet for a new color. I have an endless number of painting tools and an endless number of sizes for each tool. With the aid of my Wacom drawing tablet that is attached to my computer and my electronic painting/drawing tool, my brush can make narrow or wider strokes by the way I turn my hand. Lines can be drawn dark or light with the pressure I use with my hand. If I want to experiment with an idea, I can add a layer and delete it if it doesn’t work. When I’m finished with a picture, the layers can then be compressed into one painting. 

I do my own printing and framing. I print my art using archival pigment-based inks and acid-free watercolor papers. I use quality mats that are pH Neutral and backing boards that are acid free. They are matted and framed 16x20 or 21x27 inches with black frames.

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W: jcoffman.home.mchsi.com


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