An Artist Profile - Story: Jaymes Cutsinger, Charles Kiesel Photos: provided
N ature Photographer & M ore
It is amazing how the world seems to change, time and seasons change, but people can be a different story; He has even worked once they’ve found their love, they seem to stick with it as a professional throughout their photographer for the lives. That’s just South Gibson Star what I’m going to Times for three talk about today, a years. man that found his As a teacher, he love for the arts in inspired students to photography at an reach farther than early age. The most people thought interesting thing they could go. I about Charles Kiesel is that he can would know, I was one of those talk about the students. I still science behind Charlie Kiesel during his presentation. photography with as remember the day, the first day actually, of seventh grade. At eight am A nice shot of a Monarch. much ease as he sharp I remember filing into Mr. Kiesel’s classroom, can discuss lighting, color balance, and focus; the art of along the back wall stood three Commodore 64 photography. But who is Charles Kiesel, the man behind computers ! Once I got a taste for what computers could these photographs? do from Mr. Kiesel, I was inspired. So much in fact, that The simple answer is he’s a teacher. The better I made a career in the Information Technology industry answer is he is a person that spent 39 years educating for many years. Thank you again Mr. Kiesel for your elementary, junior high, and college level students in inspiration and instilling in me a love of learning that has science, social studies, and history. He was even a benefited me a lifetime. If college taught me how to tennis coach, another love of his, for Oakland City learn, Mr. Kiesel taught me a love of University. When I was first learning. offered the opportunity to write As for his passion for this article, I was torn on just photography, that too has taken him far what approach to take. Should I and he continues to use his art (and write about Mr. Kiesel as the his educator spirit) by offering various photographer or teacher? As a presentations at local libraries and photographer, I’m not very museums. His programs have been familiar with his work. He, presented throughout southwest however, can speak at length Indiana including the Evansville about his collection of cameras. Museum, Dubois County Museum, the He has a nice Nikon and Sony, Willard Library, the Vanderburgh but he likes the Sony 50 X best. A hummingbird feeding.
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