Jun 22 2009
Greg Steenbeeke, Orkology Featured Artist
Our most recent featured artist is Greg Steenbeeke, more commonly known by users of LTLPrints as Orkology. Orkology, a username inspired by Greg’s love of all that is plants, is not surprising being that Greg comes from the bountiful land down unda!
Originally from Sydney, Greg is now currently living in a city in northern New South Wales called Inverell. Greg has lived all over Australia, including Caloundra, a city located on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, where he occasionally had the honor of working with the late but great Crocodile Hunter himself, Steve Irwin.
Greg considers himself to have inherited his interest and talent in photography from his father, who introduced him to a way that he could capture the moment, looking more closely at the idiosyncrasies, specificities and splendor in a world that is often fleeting. Greg’s long affair with photography is not the only thing working to his advantage; he is also a trained environmental scientist with strong background in geology and ecology. His professional accomplishments don’t stop there; he is also a certified botanist, which explains his expertise in Australian plants. Greg’s professional career as the environmental manager for the New South Wales government allows him to combine work with play, and past studies have also led him to extensive travels, which have allowed Greg to expand his collection of photographs to beyond his native country of Australia (check out photos tagged New Zealand).
Although Greg admittedly still enjoys capturing the vivid hues of a colorful sunset, he has gravitated towards photographing orchid imagery. Still allowing him to record all the unique colors of nature, photographing orchids also allows Greg to study the variations and wide diversity of this enormous family of flowers.
For all you camera experts out there, Greg currently swaps between using the 3MP Fuji S5000 and the 10MP Olympus e420 to capture his favorite images. Albeit Greg confesses he cannot choose simply one image out of his extensive collection to favor the most, he has a few that he really enjoys. These images can all be found in the catalogue and include plants, such as Pink Moth Orchids; animals, such as the Red Kangaroo; and scenery, such as the coastal cliffs of Sydney’s North Head.
There is plenty more to come from Greg in the future! He looks forward to soon sharing his more recent works that have been captured with his new high-resolution Olympus camera, which he has shared are his wife’s favorite because of their truly striking detail!
Greg does not have a personal website, but to see more of his work you can visit Orkology Kreations, Panoramio, or Zip Code Zoo, all of which are sites that Greg is prominently featured. Also, you can visit Greg’s Facebook page at facebook.com/orkology.
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