A little about me is in order:
I'm a second-generation photographer. My father, Frank O'Rear, learned his trade as an Air Force photographer and eventually bought and built Genelli Studio into the premier portrait studio in the Tri-state area of Western Iowa. Without realizing it, he taught me much of what I needed to know to succeed in this art form. My mother was constantly working on oil paintings, sketches or cross stitch projects and through her employer I landed a job working at a large photographic corporation in their printroom where I gleaned everything I could from long-standing craftsmen in the offset press industry.
Photography was always present in my life (spending summers in a darkroom kind of does that to you) but I didn't begin to take it seriously until I lived in Alaska for 3 years chasing the elusive aurora borealis (aka Northern Lights). It was then that I "saw the light" and began to seriously explore the field of photography.
Formal education? I have a degree in Nursing and was an RN for many years working almost exclusively in the operating room. I have a certificate from the New York Institute of Photography (for those interested in those kinds of things).
Photographic organizations I currently belong to:
I have been married to my lovely wife Jill for over 20 years. We have 5 wonderful children and a precious little grand-daughter. Jill is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force and because of that we travel and live all around the world. Currently we live outside of Tokyo, Japan at Yokota Air Base.
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