http://www.brighthorsearts.com/keyword/boy/ My name is Gene Dougherty. I was born in Hollywood (no, really) and raised in the greater Los Angeles area. My father was in the motion picture industry and got me a summer job, while I was in college, as an extra in movies and TV. My uncle worked in the motion picture industry. My grandmother worked in the motion picture industry. Even some of my cousins were ‘actors’ as babies in commercials. I, on the other hand, was an “extra.” (A common term used on the set was “background,” as in, “Bring in the background now.” I may as well have been a potted plant!) I was in four Elvis Presley movies – one each summer – and you can’t see me in any of them! But even though I never got beyond playing a lamp in the corner, I grew up appreciating the art of making movies and the role that great cinematography plays in creating great movies. Think Lawrence of Arabia without the sweep of the desert vastness. Or Doctor Zhivago without the ‘ice palace’ at Varykino. From this appreciation of films came my passion with photography. It’s in my blood, actually. My maternal grandfather, Paul De Gaston, was a professional photographer and a friend and colleague of Ansel Adams. Before he wandered off, he taught my grandmother the craft, and she supported herself and their two daughters through the Depression as a portrait photographer. “Mimi” gave me my first camera and encouraged me to “take pictures, take pictures and keep taking pictures.” I fell in love with landscape photography while going to graduate school in Portland, Oregon, where I enjoyed unfettered access to the department’s little-used dark room. Living just off the old highway that runs along the rim of the Columbia River Gorge, I spent hours wandering the Gorge with my Pentax SLR, and then ever more hours in the darkroom learning how to print my black and white photos. Unfortunately, none of my early photographs have survived the travel through time – but my love of light and form and photographing the beauty of the world around us has. After a long career in international business, Fine Art Photography is my second career, and after family and friends, my first love. I try to capture the beauty of the natural world… all the while knowing well that the light is always changing. Thank you for visiting my site and please feel free to drop me a note with any questions or comments you may have. In addition to my landscape and nature photography, I do specialized photography projects for private and commercial clients in the Sonoma Valley and throughout Northern California. I make my home in the lovely city of Sonoma, and I'm a proud member of the Yosemite Conservancy, the Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, the ASPCA, and NAPP. I can be reached at gene@BrightHorseArts.com or (707) 242-1946. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png boy Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:35:03 -0700 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:05:39 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2013, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://www.brighthorsearts.com/photos/i-NbtJtsJ/4/Ti/i-NbtJtsJ-Ti.jpg http://www.brighthorsearts.com/keyword/boy/ http://www.brighthorsearts.com/People/People/23858966_NhRSmm#!i=1936268012&k=9pcN89v <p><a href="http://www.brighthorsearts.com">Gene Dougherty</a><br />Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best</p><p><a href="http://www.brighthorsearts.com/People/People/23858966_NhRSmm#!i=1936268012&k=9pcN89v" title="Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best"><img src="http://www.brighthorsearts.com/People/People/i-9pcN89v/5/Th/BHA-SM-people-106-Th.jpg" width="140" height="150" alt="Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best" title="Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> People Sat, 30 Jun 2012 01:46:04 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (Gene Dougherty) http://www.brighthorsearts.com/People/People/i-9pcN89v/5/Th/BHA-SM-people-106-Th.jpg 4b499403e289ffaac15c1e64b1454738 eb99deff8f8c61b268aca844c2666f51 7ca2e6086f54d2d1a5fd583ce2ebe122 c4fa1b57e9096734910f8fbe7fc54a4b 51a0d3accd3fc9badb7be65ce839fa54 4a42296f42e66e2213459390b7cb9c2a e31a0e1aaae5d63b0004525a6f74a904 Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best <p><a href="http://www.brighthorsearts.com">Gene Dougherty</a><br />Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best</p><p><a href="http://www.brighthorsearts.com/People/People/23858966_NhRSmm#!i=1936268012&k=9pcN89v" title="Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best"><img src="http://www.brighthorsearts.com/People/People/i-9pcN89v/5/Th/BHA-SM-people-106-Th.jpg" width="140" height="150" alt="Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best" title="Fingers Crossed, Hoping for the Best" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> People portrait, child, children, boy, candid, fingers crossed Gene Dougherty Gene Dougherty