Author: Mike Dooley

  • Learn how I express myself with photographs, rather than words

    Learn how I express myself with photographs, rather than words

    For a visual artist words are often inadequate As a visual artist I find that I am constantly seeing interesting and beautiful things, yet I feel that I often lack the ability to express the beauty that I see in words. This is where my camera comes in, and what I love so very much…

  • Has a photograph ever made you feel?

    Has a photograph ever made you feel?

    The Story Has a photograph ever made you feel? I am talking about looking at a photograph and feeling something special, perhaps a connection to a childhood memory. Maybe a smile comes to your face as you recall a time spent at a spot similar to the one that you see. Very often when I…

  • Introducing the 2014-2015 Seasons’ Pass Artist

    I am very excited, and very humbled to announce that I have been selected as the 2014-2015 Seasons’ Pass artist for the Rhode Island Blood Center. On Tuesday, March 4 the Rhode Island Blood Center held a press conference, where they unveiled this years work of art by 2013-2014 Seasons’ Pass artist Christine McIntyre-Hannon. At…

  • Hunt’s Photo Still Life Photography Contest Winning Image

    Hunt’s Photo Still Life Photography Contest Winning Image

    Many of you that know me, know that I am fond of still life photography. When the weather in New England is not ideal for landscape photography, I will find something that grabs my interest and set it up in my studio space to see if I can make a little magic with it. One…

  • What motivates this photographer you ask?

    What motivates this photographer you ask?

    What really motivates me? As an active Rhode Island photographer, I participate in several online groups that are focused (pun fully intended!) on photography. In one group that I belong to we have weekly “challenges”, where we all share a photograph along a selected theme. The winner of a challenge gets to choose the next…