Richard Voninski is a fine arts photographer based in Aurora, Colorado.

Travel: Travel pushes the envelope of my life. New experiences, people, cultures and landscapes are cornerstones built through the travel bug's bite. As a two year old child, splashed by a huge Atlantic wave, watching Dad using a 35mm camera capturing the sea's furry, I became a captive of the scene and experience. Travel and photography fused into my being. A favorite source of entertainment during formative childhood years came from "antique" carrousel trays of Kodachrome slides showing family and friends' travels. Those exposures to adventure laden global stories reinforced by pictures exacerbated a desire to experience firsthand the magic of faraway places. A lifelong passion for photography was born; it grew and sought satisfaction through travel. Perhaps my parents contributed to this passion; by age thirteen we traveled to forty states in the USA, most Mexican states and lacked only two Canadian provinces/territories. Shortly after bidding adieu to teenage years we completed all states in the USA covering most numerous times, added more Mexican states and completed Canada. Marriage to my soul mate, Veronica, expanded our mutual travel reach as we circled the globe many times in search of stories and photos to match and perhaps exceed those residing in the memory of youth.



Photography: My big "Kodak Moment", (translation: introduction to serious photography) arrived at age ten. My Dad taught me about exposure, film development and printing in our home darkroom. Seeing a print come to life under the darkroom safelights approached miracle status to my young eyes. I have evolved from those home based darkroom experiences. Travel, printed materials, talented friends and experimenting have aided me in perfecting the craft. A few special friends, trained under Ansel Adams, guided my technical and creative development. Combining a love for all aspects of photography with a passion for travel became a natural fit in my search for the perfect "shot."



The Technical: Over the years I have experimented with numerous formats (35mm, 6x45, 6x7, and 4x5). Two primary formats have evolved in my quest for matching photo technology with my mind's eye. The 4x5 camera provides the creative tool for capturing the scene exactly as envisioned in the final print. Black/White and color transparency films are favorites in my 4x5 formats. All B/W is developed by hand in my darkroom with carefully calibrated developers and drum scanned in my studio.

The Canon 5Dm2, along with a collection of quality lenses, brings me into the exciting world of digital photography. Digital photography allows me to provide a new way for creating images unattainable using traditional 4x5 film based cameras..



Finally: Travel, combined with photography, is my lifeblood. They are the foundation of my existence. Through this website you can peer through my camera's lens and see what I see on our planet.