Focus Program Meeting – Presentation by Justin Keys on The Photographer’s Eye: Honing the Creative Vision that Drives Us

Justin will be talking about introspective techniques and self-critiques that have helped him improve his work and develop his photographic style. Along the way, Justin will talk about his creative process that led him to create his Skeletons Series of tree photographs and his Sands Study of sand dunes pictures.

NOTE: This will be a Hybrid meeting; we’ll gather at Lone Tree Civic Center AND have members attending via Zoom. Masks are optional at Lone Tree. Zoom details will be emailed to current club members at least one day prior to the meeting.

About Justin:

Justin Key hails from Green Bay, WI, but has traveled extensively across the U.S. and around the world, capturing images all along the way. As he noted, “I’ve never felt as much purpose in life as I did the first time I held a camera.” After he bought his first camera, he started to see the world in compositions and he even had his Dad turn the car around so that he could get out to take his first picture.

Justin developed his skills at the University of Northern Michigan in Marquette, on the shores of Lake Superior, where he earned his degree in photography in 2013. While in Marquette, he experienced the brutal cold of northern Michigan winters, crawling around on frozen lakes, diving in ice caves, and sitting on the edge of ice floats.

More recently, Justin relocated to the Denver area where he continues to travel and explore new photographic techniques. His eye is drawn to textures and he enjoys the details that make landscapes dynamic. Justin believes that the “beauty of the natural world should remain untouched, so he refrains from extensive editing of his work.”

You can view Justin’s work on his website justinkeyphotography.com

Non-Members can request a Zoom invite using the form below.