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Photography by Hunter Coleman
I am a graduate of Presbyterian College, Columbia Theological Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary; ordained as Minister of Word and Sacraments in the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1969. Trudie, my wife, and I have two grown children, Joe and Julia. We have served churches in North Florida and in Athens, Georgia before coming to Highlands as pastor of First Presbyterian Church.
  
I started taking photographs in 2000. I have no professional training but am anything but "self-taught". I say that because of a sign in front of a country church I saw years ago: "a self made man is a product of unskilled labor".
  
In the four plus years I've been taking photographs I have had the good help and support from many accomplished photographers including Cynthia Strain, Ben Greig, Georgiana Ralston, Dr. Rufus Broadway, Martha MacMillian and Janice Cummings & Kris Sterrie (owners of Creative Framing). I have also had the good advice and encouragement of Kevin and Mike of High Country Photo.
  
I have been the benefactor of the affirmation of Alan and Jane Schultz who were brave enough, early on, to display my works. Mary Adair Leslie's invitation to exhibit at Summit One Gallery has given me a chance to pursue more creative work using zooming, panning and multiple exposure techniques.
  
I read everything I can get my hands on including several books by Gordon Parks, Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz. I remain every grateful to my wife, whose patience and long suffering has allowed me the time to "take pictures" at all hours of the day and night.
  
It is my hope that the eye of the lenses of my camera just might open other eyes to see what is there waiting to be seen. Awe, for me, is the beginning of wisdom and transformation.
  
In closing, I must confess how fortunate I am to be in a picture taker's paradise. It's hard to take a "bad picture" here. I doubt if I would have found my way to photography if we had not moved to this piece of Eden.
Regards,
Hunter Coleman
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