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well past retirement. That’s because he likes it.

“My camera is a high-res Canon. The secret to the quality of my copies is my lighting. I use Polarizing filters on my lights to remove virtually all the glare and allow for maximum tonal range,” he said.

“There are all sorts of other things I might do to do the job right. Sometimes I end up blending several exposures taken different ways. It all depends on what it will take to do the job right,” he added.

Baldwin said his photography career may not have been lucrative monetarily, but it definitely was rich in personal satisfaction. Cars and pets are subjects he never tired of photographing and still does today.

“Life as a commercial photographer is both intellectually and physically challenging. Lugging heavy equipment around to location shoots and long days on my feet were signs it was time to slow down,” said the veteran photographer who grew up in Connecticut and graduated from RIT with a degree in photography in 1969.

Not long after that, he decided to remain in the region he came to love.

“Here you can milk cows in the morning and take in the symphony orchestra in the afternoon,” he said of the diverse number of activities and opportunities our region presents.