My name is Gregg Obst and I am a photographer. It’s not what I do professionally or as a business but it is what defines me as a person and what I am passionate about. By trade, I am a Software Applications Developer in a corporate IT department. At night and on the weekends, I strive to take the kind of photos that people will grab first when they run out of their burning house. I think we should all aim to take photos that are that important.
I am a perpetual student of the photographic arts and I’m constantly learning through online workshops and courses, videos, books, blog postings, etc from the likes of Joe McNally, Zack Arias, David Hobby, Scott Kelby and the list goes on and on. There are some great photographers out there willing to teach you technique so that you have the tools to pursue what interests you as a photographer.
I spent the first twelve years of my photography experience shooting nothing but dirt track Sprint Car, Midget and Micro Sprint Racing but found it was not challenging enough and left to pursue a much more broad range of photography genres. I have a keen interest in historical areas, wildlife, landscapes, farmscapes and portraiture. I will shoot anything but weddings and porn.
