Still- When light is captured, everything becomes still. Whether it's a bird in song, the flight of a hawk, a feeding deer or a fading sunset......all that moves and changes is still.

Light- It's all about light. To capture an image is to capture light in a fraction of a second(give or take) available at that moment in time. The more light, the more color. As light is decreased, color decreases but mood increases. Take away too much light and color becomes desaturated to gray.

Images- Photography is the only nondestructive outdoor activity, except possibly the act of birdwatching. Trophy photos are taken, wild things captured and life stopped still. Nothing is left behind and nothing is taken from the outdoors except the digital image.

These three components are the makings of Ralph Curtis Photography.


About
Contact Info

AddressS54 W29690 Holiday Rd
Waukesha, WI 53189
Daytime phone262-894-0108
E-mailsend message
Web sitewww.ralphcurtis.com
"I will not take these things for granted..." - Toad the Wet Sprocket

  • My images are the byproduct of hours upon hours spent in the fields, woods and marshes learning about the habits of nature. Before I was a photographer, I was an outdoorsman.

  • People often ask me two questions. How do I get so close to wildlife? and How come your photos are so crisp, colorful and sharp? The answer to these questions is pretty much the same - years of practicing the art of stealth and camouflage, and knowing wildlife's keen senses of smell, eyesight, and hearing and the priority in which they use them. The answer about the quality of my images is helped by 20 years of Photoshop experience and knowing proper imagery and retouching when needed. Being an Adobe Certified Expert helps in many post-capture scenarios.

  • With years of experience retouching and color correcting such magazine titles as - Glamour, Vanity Fair, National Geographic and Victoria Secret, I transfer the techniques learned onto the natural digital landscape. First, I learned about nature, then I made a career out of digital imagery, and the age of digital photography made me a photographer.


Ralph Curtis Photo Gallery

Slides

28 photos
Slides

Coyote Pups

6 photos
Coyote Pups

Red Fox

10 photos
Red Fox

Wood Duck Gallery

25 photos
Wood Duck Gallery

Wild Turkey

22 photos
Wild Turkey

Waterfowl

23 photos
Waterfowl

The Living Marsh

41 photos
The Living Marsh

Hawks and Owls

11 photos
Hawks and Owls

Whitetail Deer

31 photos
Whitetail Deer

Songbirds

68 photos
Songbirds

Images in Nature

15 photos
Images in Nature

Horses

5 photos
Horses

Grandma and Grandpa

1 photos
Grandma and Grandpa

Raccoon

2 photos
Raccoon
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2.LindaM60(non-registered)
Magnificent!!!
1.Art Rumpf(non-registered)
Ralph,

There are many who photograph wildlife. Then those are those that use the camera to capture nature and create art. You epitomize this craft and art form.