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Welcome to gunagraphics! My name is Gunther Schabeatiel, this web site contains approximately 250 images. The subject portfolios are: Abstracts, Architecture, Cars, Flowers, Landscape, Night Exposures, Travel and Woods. Underneath each image, is a description of the source original. Most are from film but everything I shoot now is digital. I am 55 years of age and have been shooting creative photography since junior high school. In 40 years of commercial photography I have never lost my vision as a creative photographer, which I hope is evident looking at my web site. I worked on the yearbook and literary magazine in high school then, as a Navy Photographer, I spent 2 years in Japan and 2 years in California. After the Navy I perused an Audio Visual Degree at Oakland Community College. While working the night shift at a pro photo lab in Detroit, I began to shoot architecture and other commercial jobs during the day. I also worked as a darkroom photo technician at Ford Motor Company, and became a freelance photographer while learning High Speed Film and Video at the Ford, Crash Barrier and Hyge Sled. A similar position opened at Chrysler in 1998, and in 2000 I was converted to full time employee status. Presently at Chrysler Photographic I wear many hats. High Speed Video (film is 10 year old history), real time video shooting and editing on a Mac running Final Cut. On board video with lipstick cameras and of course stills, shooting, printing, editing, and uploading to servers and web sites for internal publications and documentation. I won a trip to Las Vegas placing second at the DaimlerChrysler UAW Artist at Work Competition. 3 images were submitted: 2 hand colored B&W and one Abstract created on the computer from 2 color negatives. I won Honorable Mention at the Scarob Club, Detroit Institute of Arts. 1991 and 1993 I have seen many changes in photography, especially the cameras that I use. The list includes: Calumet 4x5, Linhof 4x5, Mamia 6x7, 6x4.5, 6x6, Fujix 6x9, Hasselblad 6x6, Pentax Spotmatic 35mm, Leica 35mm, Fujix, digital 1.2 mega pixel, (first used in 1997 at Ford Photographic), Nikon D1, Nikon D2x, Cannon 20D, Cannon EOS 1DH (hi-speed stills for NASCAR) 16mm Film and Video: Cannon Scoopic, Bolex, Photosonic 16-1B, Photech, Hy-Cam, Low-Cam with Fiber Optics, Kodak Ekta-Pro High Speed Video and Kodak HG2000, Elmo, Panasonic, Toshiba Lipstick Cameras, Cannon GL1 and GL2 In 2001 I sold my traditional wet darkroom. I now print on an Epson 4800 that has a capacity to print 16 inch by any length. I prefer the premium luster paper for its rich tone reproductions and contrast range. I do not use an outside service, as of now but in the future, if larger prints are requested, that may be an option. I have always liked printing with a drop-out or large borders, so I specify the image and print size together. To see matte cutting preferences and price information please visit: Prints	I'm PayPal Verified
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Welcome to gunagraphics!

My name is Gunther Schabeatiel, this web site contains approximately 250 images. The subject portfolios are: Abstracts, Architecture, Cars, Flowers, Landscape, Night Exposures, Travel and Woods. Underneath each image, is a description of the source original. Most are from film but everything I shoot now is digital.

I am 55 years of age and have been shooting creative photography since junior high school. In 40 years of commercial photography I have never lost my vision as a creative photographer, which I hope is evident looking at my web site. I worked on the yearbook and literary magazine in high school then, as a Navy Photographer, I spent 2 years in Japan and 2 years in California. After the Navy I perused an Audio Visual Degree at Oakland Community College. While working the night shift at a pro photo lab in Detroit, I began to shoot architecture and other commercial jobs during the day. I also worked as a darkroom photo technician at Ford Motor Company, and became a freelance photographer while learning High Speed Film and Video at the Ford, Crash Barrier and Hyge Sled.

A similar position opened at Chrysler in 1998, and in 2000 I was converted to full time employee status. Presently at Chrysler Photographic I wear many hats. High Speed Video (film is 10 year old history), real time video shooting and editing on a Mac running Final Cut. On board video with lipstick cameras and of course stills, shooting, printing, editing, and uploading to servers and web sites for internal publications and documentation.

I won a trip to Las Vegas placing second at the DaimlerChrysler UAW Artist at Work Competition. 3 images were submitted: 2 hand colored B&W and one Abstract created on the computer from 2 color negatives. I won Honorable Mention at the Scarob Club, Detroit Institute of Arts. 1991 and 1993

I have seen many changes in photography, especially the cameras that I use. The list includes: Calumet 4x5, Linhof 4x5, Mamia 6x7, 6x4.5, 6x6, Fujix 6x9, Hasselblad 6x6, Pentax Spotmatic 35mm, Leica 35mm, Fujix, digital 1.2 mega pixel, (first used in 1997 at Ford Photographic), Nikon D1, Nikon D2x, Cannon 20D, Cannon EOS 1DH (hi-speed stills for NASCAR) 16mm Film and Video: Cannon Scoopic, Bolex, Photosonic 16-1B, Photech, Hy-Cam, Low-Cam with Fiber Optics, Kodak Ekta-Pro High Speed Video and Kodak HG2000, Elmo, Panasonic, Toshiba Lipstick Cameras, Cannon GL1 and GL2

In 2001 I sold my traditional wet darkroom. I now print on an Epson 4800 that has a capacity to print 16 inch by any length. I prefer the premium luster paper for its rich tone reproductions and contrast range. I do not use an outside service, as of now but in the future, if larger prints are requested, that may be an option.

I have always liked printing with a drop-out or large borders, so I specify the image and print size together. To see matte cutting preferences and price information please visit: Prints

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