Bird and Nature

Photography is my life’s experience of what my eyes and mind see for that moment. It is an expression of my connection with the beauty of the natural world. Understanding nature via my visual contexts of color, shapes, patterns played out in the light and shadows of my prints. My photography intends to capture objects as I see them, in the hope of portraying a moment of time in nature's ever changing light of each season.

Rob Kipp Fine Art Photography may be viewed and purchased at: http://robkipp.com/ and http://bird-photos.com/

Prints are For Sale and on display at: Marblehead Art Association, Festival of Arts, The Sea Gull Gift Shop plus shops displaying work by artists in and around Marblehead, Ma.

ROBERT KIPP

~ Professional Landscape and Nature Photographer ~

Artist’s Statement

Where some see places and things, I am stimulated by light, form, and movement. Through photographic expression of landscapes and birds, I can communicate the essence of what I see.

Once I have identified a promising location, I attempt to determine optimal conditions, often returning repeatedly to the same location just as a gardener checks his crops or a lobsterman checks his traps. Sometimes the composition itself is predetermined by the location, the conditions, or the subject. I wait until I see something new revealed. I enjoy photographing just before dawn, continually trying to catch the unique quality of days first light, or at sunset when I can capture the last moments of light. Each day presents a chance to visualize and is filled with new combinations of light and color. From the migrating bird on its passages to the grandest landscape, the natural world is revealed to me in a rich tapestry of abstract shapes, textures, patterns and colors.

The camera blocks everything out except what I see and feel allowing me to focus, like a painter, on the strategical placement of objects and shades of light. My goal is to have the final print closely match the original concept created by what I saw through the lens. Images are seldom manipulated other than for cropping or adjustments made for contrast or light levels.

The final print is the ultimate statement of a fine art photographer’s point of view. It is my record of what I see, for that fraction of a second when the camera’s shutter is open and light flows freely establishing a connection between my view of what is before me (a landscape, a bird) the print I create, and you, the viewer.

Rob and his wife Roz live in Marblehead, MA with their two dachshunds.

ROBERT KIPP

Professional Landscape and Nature Photography

Artist’s Résumé

Awards & Honors

Calendar 1012 / State Street in Spring Rain / Calendar pub. by the Marblehead COA 2012

2011 - 2012 / Web Images / National Grand Bank / background and gallery images.

Cover Shot / Looking Up Washington St / Marblehead Home & Style Magazine Winter 2011

Cover Shot / Old Town House In Winter / Christmas In Marblehead Holiday Season 2011

Cover Shot / Winter storm on State St Marblehead / Northshore Life Winter 2011

Honorable Mention - Marblehead Arts "Seeing The Light" for: Spring Racing in Marblehead Harbor, Marblehead, MA 2011

2nd Place - (Friendship Sloop of Salem), B&W Show at the Marblehead Arts, Marblehead, MA 2010

Peoples Choice Award - Photography (Early Spring Rain On State St.), Marblehead Festival of Arts, Marblehead, MA 2010

Best Of Show - Photography (Early Spring Rain On State St.), Marblehead Festival of Arts, Marblehead, MA 2010

Honorable Mention - Photography (Early Spring on Washington St.), Marblehead Festival of Arts, Marblehead, MA 2010

Marblehead Reporter - Transfixed and transformed: Photo technique brings out perfect Marblehead light June 29, 2010

Honorable Mention- (Abbot Hall In Snowstorm), Winter Show Marblehead Arts, Marblehead, MA 2009

Cover Shot [Fall Sunset lighting on Historic Marblehead Old Town Hall] Marblehead Home & Style Magazine, Fall 2009 cover, Marblehead, MA 2009

Outstanding Work - Photography (Southerly Winds Abbot Hall), Marblehead Festival of Arts, Marblehead, MA 2009

Peoples Choice Award - Photography (Southerly Winds Abbot Hall), Marblehead Festival of Arts, Marblehead, MA 2009

Photography chosen for article in The Ritz-Carlton Magazine for the 2008 Fall Issue, World wide.

Honorable Mention (Lee Mansion With Roof-Tops) Marblehead Arts Festival, Marblehead, MA 2007

Cover Shot (First Light at Dawn hits Motif #1, Rockport MA) Boston North, for 2007 and 2008

Cover Shot (The Primary Colors with a Harbor View) Coastlines Mass. Annual Publication for 2007

Marian Court College Award (Winter Snowcove Plum Island), Swampscott Art Association, Swampscott MA, 2006

Honorable Mention (Falling Leaves, Jenne Farm), Swampscott Art Association, Swampscott MA, 2005

3rd Place Award - (Marblehead Harbor Scene), Marblehead Arts, Marblehead, MA 2005

Outstanding Work - Color Photography (Friendship Salem), Marblehead Festival of Art, Marblehead, MA 2005

Honorable Mention (Fishing Shanty Window), Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead, MA, 2005

Honorable Mention (Washington St.), Swampscott Art Association, Swampscott MA, 2005

Honorable Mention (Black Joe Pond Snowstorm), Swampscott Art Association, Swampscott MA, 2005

People’s Choice Award, (Chickadee feeding Crabapple) Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead MA , 2004

Selected Juried Shows

Marblehead Festival of Art, Marblehead MA, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead MA 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA 2005

LynnArts, Lynn MA, 2004 - 2005 & 2006

Swampscott Arts Association, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007

Selected Collections
Douglas Middleton, New York NY
Kathryn Snayd, Marlborough CT
Ken Keene, Denver CO
Kevin Hannaway, Chicago IL
Carol & Davis Noble, Marblehead, MA
Bryan Cain, Berkeley CA

Memberships
Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead MA
LynnArts, Lynn MA
Greater Lynn Photographic Association

Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln MA

Brookline Bird Club, Brookline MA

Commissions

McMurry, Inc commission for The Ritz-Carlton Magazine 2008

North of Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Calendar 2007

Cover of Coastal Managment, Commonwealth of Mass. 2007

Mass Audubon, cover jacket for Enviornmental printing. 2006
Joppa Flats Educational Center, Newburyport MA
Joppa Flats Adult Education, Newburyport MA
Massachusetts Audubon, Topsfield MA
Sweet Water Land Trust & Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA

Education
Olivet College, Olivet MI, BFA
Alfred University, Alfred NY, Graduate Studies

ROBERT KIPP

~ Professional Landscape and Nature Photographer ~

Arts Festival 2010

Best Of Show & Honorable Mention plus Peoples Choice Award for 2010 Arts Festival.

Photo credit: Joseph Puleo / http://www.snapdog.com/

Rob Kipp with his new AF-S Nikkor 500mm f/4G ED VR II Lens

Photographing Heron Pond area. Phot is by Denny Curtin

2005 Photography Award - Outstanding Color

2005 Marblehead Festival of Arts - Outstand Work - Color Photography, Clippership Friendship by Rob Kipp

Photo curtisy of Lipson Photography

Photographing Wildlife at Plum Island - Rob at Marblehead Neck Sanctuary

Banding Great Horned Owl chicks.

20 Maverick St.,Marblehead, MA, 01945 / 781-631-5035 -Studio

Rob Kipp

Artist / Photographer

Equipment: Nikon D7000 | 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED |

|Nikon 300mm f/4 AF-S ED-IF w/ Kirk foot | AF-S NIKKOR 24-120mm f/4G ED VR |

|Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED-IF vr | Gitzo G1325mk2 | Manfrotto Pro 229 head | Kirk SQRC-Hex plate |

| Nikon TC-1.4E & Nikon TC-20E III | Epson Pro 3800 | Wireless Shutter Release |

Bird-Photos.com | RobKipp.com

We hope you continue to enjoy our photographs which are archivally printed and framed.

My work is on exhibit locally at the following locations:

Marblehead Arts Association at King Hooper | Landing Resturant at State St warf. |

Thank you for visiting and have a nice day !