About NEIL DOREN Fine Art Photography

Photo by Greg Gettens

My first interest in Photography began while in military service stationed on Oahu, Hawaii during the late 1950’s. The incredibly beautiful landscapes moved me to try to capture those images using transparency film.  During the 1980’s, I began to travel, mostly to the Caribbean, Mexico and Tahiti, and was again inspired to photograph.

In 1991, I visited my brother living in mid-coast Maine, who maintained a glorious garden during the summer, and wove tapestries during the winter months.   The visual beauty of his garden by the sea and the Maine Coast in general, so captured me, that I have returned nearly every year to date.

I purchased my first Digital Camera in 2000. By 2002, encouraged by response to some of my efforts, I joined the Lakewood Photographic Society and began to participate in their juried print competitions.  Anxious to improve, I purchased new equipment (Nikon D-SLR) and have enjoyed the reception to my work and the numerous club competition awards that have followed. 

The five years that followed (2003-2007) were spent, actively presenting  my work in a variety of  local Juried Fine-Art Shows ( St.John’s Festival of the Arts, Lakewood Art Festival, Willoughby Arts Fest and Crocker Park Arts Festival, to mention a few) and several One-Man Exhibitions at local venues.

Much of this time has been spent studying Fine-Art Printing, in the Digital World, leading to a deep love of the printed image.

My photography interests are varied, although I heavily lean toward Nature.  Intentionally, I do not seek out specific subjects to photograph.  I  walk about with equipment in hand, and with eyes and mind open to the world around me and capture those images that call out to me. 

My initial reward is when the emotions felt at the moment of capture are faithfully revealed in the ensuing final Fine-Art Print.  The prints allow me to share those emotions with others.  When  viewers are able to feel from the finished print, something of what I felt at the moment of capture,  my reward is complete!