ROBERT  KIPP

~  Professional Landscape and Nature Photographer  ~

 

Artist's  Bio 

 

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.

 

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ROBERT  KIPP

Professional Landscape and Nature Photography

Artist’s Résumé

Awards & Honors

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
Marblehead Art Association, Marblehead MA  2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

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

~  Landscape and Nature Photographer  ~

 

Arts Festival 2010

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

 

Rob Kipp next to Early Spring Rain on State Street Marblehead

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

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

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Rob Kipp  

 Artist / Photographer

 

 Equipment:  Nikon D300 | 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED | Nikon 70-300mm AFS F/4.5-5.6 VR |

| 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF VR | Nikon TC14EII & TC17EII | Speed-light SB-800 w/BB |

| Gitzo G1325mk2 | Kirk BH-1 ball-head | Manfrotto Pro 229 head | Epson Pro 3800 |

|  Singh-Ray CPL/GND filters |  Wireless shutter release  |  

 

 

Bird-Photos.com   |    RobKipp.com

 

 

 

 

All of my prints are faithful studies of the original subjects

 

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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 | Sea Gull Gift Shop at corner of Darling St.  | 

 Marblehead Cafe & Chowder Company at Village Plaza  |  Ataraxis Tavern (Formally Flynnies)

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  Thank you for visiting and have a nice day !