Artist's Statement

“Nature sometimes presents her beauty to us in profound and dramatic ways. More often, we must search the apparent disorder to discover her splendor. I find myself drawn to intimate imagery where nature's beauty presents itself through contemplation of the details. I believe my photographs are most successful when they reveal nature's subtle elegance.”

Biography

David Bostock is a native of the Pacific Northwest, specializing in landscape, nature, and commercial photography. He discovered his passion for photography while working on his high school yearbook. As he continued his studies in Photographic Art, David found his love of nature and the outdoors provided wonderful pictorial subjects. He studied with Art Wolfe, David Middleton, and Freeman Patterson to gain knowledge of photographic lighting and design. He also studied art history, particularly the High Renaissance and Baroque periods, as a way to bring artistic design to his photographic images.

He spent several years exploring Black & White photography before moving to color film and finally to digital imaging. The digital medium allows him to combine his photographic and technical skills to shape the entire image-making process, from image capture to fine art print. David utilizes Canon's professional line of digital cameras and lenses and Epson's professional printers. He is skilled in all aspects of digital photography, including digital capture, digital darkroom processing, color management, printing, and presentation of fine art prints. He uses Adobe Photoshop image software to create works for print and the web. He is also an experienced web developer and the exclusive author of davidbostockphotography.com.

David is always looking for ways to give back to the photographic community. His role as staff colleague and moderator of the Man & Nature Image Critique Forum for the Nature Photographers Network provides him with an opportunity to offer image critiques, advice, and encouragement to photographers all over the world. He organizes and leads field photography workshops, designed to improve technical and visual skills, to places of interest in the Pacific Northwest including Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, and the Oregon Coast. He also offers individual training in Digital Capture, Image Processing, Printing, and Presentation techniques.

David is a member of the Photography Council for the Portland Art Museum and a member of the North American Nature Photography Association. David recently had an article and photographs published in the Fall 2005 edition of Nature Photographer Magazine. One image from that article was chosen for the cover. His photography has also been published in "Only in Oregon" by Christine Barnes and the 2004 edition of Photography Vibes.