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Robert has been a fine art landscape photographer
and reality of the new landscape of the Great Plains
over the past five years concentrating primarily on
of Western Texas, New Mexico and Colorado. Robert
photographing the wide open spaces from Northern
is now the only fine art landscape photographer in North
New Mexico to the Pacific Northwest as well as the
America specializing in oil and gas photography for fine
Smoky Mountain region in the East.
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art. A complete collection of Robert’s Energy portfolio may employs
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be viewed online at energylandscapes.net. Callender’s
mixture of the latest high resolution equipment available
Gallery in Midland, Texas will have the portfolio available
with older concepts and lens configurations originally
for viewing Tuesday through Saturday 10:00-6:00pm daily
pioneered by Ansel Adams in the 1930’s and 40’s.
through the end of 2011. Robert’s fine art landscape
Robert has a unique style which he refers to as realistic
portfolio may be viewed online at robertflaherty.net. Robert
high dynamic range. All his photographs whether black
D. Flaherty lives in Odessa, Texas with his wife Shanna and
and white or color strive to capture every element
two daughters Morgan and Renee.
contained within the scene in perfect exposure. This simply means that his photographs retain all the detail and color of a beautiful sunset but at the same time every detail in the immediate foreground may also be seen. In 2009 Robert recognized the need for fine art landscape photography where oil and gas as well as alternative energy assets play a large role in the beauty
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS December 14-15, 2011
January 24-26, 2012
Deloitte Oil & Gas Conference
API/AGA Joint Committee on Pipeline Welding Practices
Houston, Texas 203-761-3778
December 25, 2011
Christmas Day January 1, 2012
New Year’s Day January 23-27, 2012
Exploration & Production Winter Standards Meeting Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
January 18-19, 2012
Pipe Tech Americas Summit Houston, Texas 416-214-1707
January 22-25, 2012
International Forum Process Analytical Technology (IFPAC) Annual Meeting Baltimore, Maryland 847-543-6800
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