Kevin O'Connell
Orland Park, IL (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
Kevin O'Connell Photography
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Location:
Lockport
Industry:
Arts
Year Founded:
2000
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (not profitable)
Entity Type:
Sole Proprietorship
Description:
I have been shooting fine art photography for 30 years and in the past 5, I have put my artistic side to work. I have been working on a new series of Black & White Infrared landscapes from mostly the Western States National Parks.
Here are the two things that set me apart from other professional photographers.
1-I am a licensed journeyman electrician that was put into this profession at a very young age by my father who was also an electrician. Both of my grandfathers as well as my great grandfather were also electricians. I have never liked the field but am good at it, which now enable me to go to work in places like Yosemite National Park. So I will be living in the actual National Park doing electrical work in order to have my home a National Park Backdrop everyday.
2-I have won many International Awards for my photographs as a professional and working on traditional large format Black & White Infrared. The way I shoot these are like Ansel Adams did, but with (URL removed)tery to them. So many photographers shoot Landscapes in color or Black & White, but no one has a really shoots Black & White Infrared, especially with film, the traditional old fashioned way. I will be shooting some of Ansel Adams famous shots with Infrared and many more of my own. One of my Infrared images from this series was displayed at the International show in Grand Rapids Michigan for Artprize.
I know that when I finish this series, but will be ongoing, I will have a show next to one of the National Parks and should do extremely well and the start of a very lucrative business.