Jesse Shipkowski is a freelance photographer based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in:

Nature Photography
Newborn/Family Portrait
City Scapes
Head Shots
Fashion Photograpghy
I heard it said, “Photography is like capturing life’s moments … a fraction of a second at a time.” Photography has been my passion for many years. Years ago a friend of mine was into photography. He had a 35mm SLR with interchangeable lenses. I seldom took pictures, and when I did it was like a snap-shot with a Polaroid. I saw some of his pictures, and wanted to shoot better pictures myself. At first, I was a little intimidated by all the dials and controls on the camera. There was no “auto” anything, all manual settings. So I learned what an F-Stop was, and how it related to ASA and shutter speeds. When the film came back from the Lab … days later, and I finally saw the results, I just became more curious. I decided it was time to take some Photography Classes at Santa Monica College. After shooting some black and white film and developing it myself, I was really excited! Then came time to make some actual prints. The first time I saw an image come to life as I gently rocked the developer tray, I was forever hooked.

The idea of having an Image in your mind’s eye, and the challenge of creating your vision on paper just fascinated me to no end. I would spend countless hours in the darkroom – burning and dodging – trying to perfect a single image.
Things have changed much over the years - Digital Capture and Photoshop, but the basics of having the image in your mind’s eye and being able to create it, whether on paper or a monitor still fascinates me. Let me help Create the Image in your mind’s eye …

- Jesse


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