A Romance with Photography – Flagstaff Business News

Shane Knight's Mom Loved Yard Sales, and 15 He came to her and was excited to find two camera lenses he could find.

“I have tried to sell them, but I only learned an idiot buying without a camera, “he said.” I have saved and bought a matching Olympus OlyM SLR SLR in a camera store in the city. I ran a test roll on it and was immediately in love. I have never sold the camera. ”

Thus, the life, the life began to a career in photography, specifically, find articles photography, 8 x 10 view cameras and medium format film cameras.

Describing it as a “love-hate relationship with photography,” images fill his head all day, by bedtime and beyond bedtime. He is awake every morning with pictures on his mind. “I'm not sure if it is a curse as a blessing, but I thank me call Mom Nature every day for all their splendor, me to be photographed,” he said.

July 4th marked the 18th anniversary of the Shane Knight gallery in the downtown of Flagstaff and 37 years of photography for him. “My first location was on Route 66, presently known as mountain top Tap room,” he said. “We moved over to Aspen six years later, and again a few years ago to our current location at 11 East Aspen.”

Knight, who was born in Hays, Kansas, in 1973, was legally deaf as a young child who was a factor in drawing him on photography at a early age. “After several operations, my hearings was reproved. However, it has placed heavy in my early development in speech and understanding.”

After years of special education and speech period, he started to do more with people to do when he was a senior in high school. “For, photography was my 'in' a social groups and parties says little, he takes good photos, 'people would hide. I would save safe. I would hide so comfortable.

After high school, he spent by and working and working and works a variety of jobs, take photos and even wrestling horses. As he worked for a professional lab, he received experience for professional photographers on the United States, Canada and Mexico. He had the opportunity to “work with beautiful and well done negatives” of professionals.

“After a while I was used to quality; However, sometimes I would see someone who was more than the others. I remembered how it felt when I worked when I worked with a negative that from all other was stood. I applied that high standards on how I wanted people to see people see my work. “

Later he learned the art of communication and photography of Ansel Adams and found his work very inspiring. These early experiences culminated in his relocation to Arizona in the late '990's. He worked on a ranch east of Phoenix in the

Tonto National Forest, that's where he met his wife, heath. She deserves her master in special education from the University of Arizona.

“We moved to Flagstaff in 2003, primarily to work with Stephen Saunders and the late Corey Allen, who owns the photo-lab in time has hidden light. “

The son of the pair, Austin, was born in flagstaff in flagstaff in flagstaff in flagstaff, except my family and the love of my life, Heast and Austin, “he said.

Knight founded the Flagstaff community very supportive of the arts, which encouraged the creativity of professional photographers. He was especially appreciative to the resources in hidden light, such as the lab that is one of the “very rare, high-quality ilfochrome / cibachrome ilfochrome / cibachrome ilfochrome / cibachrome ilfochrome / cibachrome ilfochrome labs in the United States,” he said.

“After moving here, I responded quickly responded to flagstaff maybe a great place to open a brick-and-mortr gallery. “Before the gallery, he joined art about the country.

Famous for his western landscapes, the generous of the enterment 1,800-Square foot gallery has worked well for displaying his photos. “We gave it a felecelift with wooden floors and added fully made of local ponderosa pain. I try to make the gallery as possible and too much.”

The pair opened a picture store recently, Mountainop-ramtop, on the east side of the city. “Many people came in comment on the quality of my framing. So instead of sending them elsewhere, we opened the framing for the public with great success!”

In addition that knight to the nadview of the flagstruct-alliance of the flagstruct (FDBA), the non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of historical flagstaff, including his companies. “Since we all are in the same boat we look forward to each other.”

Knight Credits “a great staff of sales club and framers,” for the success of his corporateventures. “I wouldn't be without her today,” he said.

“I believe the most exciting moment of being a photographer is that each great shot is on the edge of disaster. So many things can go wrong and most of the time it doesn't work. However, but in time it comes all together. If I could use one word to describe the process with great cameras, work with film, processing in the dark moment, wait for the perfect moment and looked at all in the wall it's “romantic.” ' Fbn

By Betsey Bruner, FBN

Photo by Betsey Bruner: DOB as a child, photography joined Shane Knight a voice and a way to communicate.