Steve Traudt and Dick Colby

Steve Traudt presents national photo programs, writes articles, exhibits fine art and is a pharmacist.  His photographs have won many awards and been accepted in exhibitions worldwide. He is known for his energy and enthusiasm and ability to explain even difficult subjects. Visit Steve at: www.synvis.com  Dick Colby assists Steve to help keep the students on track. His computer and Photoshop background is invaluable and greatly enhances the learning.

"Photographing lets me see and feel a part of the environment, whether a soaring mountain or a tiny wildflower," says Steve Traudt. "This seeing leads to more awareness, which in turn enhances the seeing yet more. The whole process is addictive!"

Raised in Nebraska, Traudt moved to Grand Junction in 1987 where he and wife, Fay Timmerman, established Quilt Junction and Gallery 412 which they operated for 9 years. He teaches photography at 13 Photography Gallery and Western Colorado Community College, conducts photography workshops and seminars, is a certified scuba diver, a writer and a pharmacist.
In a dusty attic at the age of 10, Traudt chanced upon some old darkroom items belonging to his father. He ordered fresh paper and chemicals from the Monkey Ward catalog and a lifelong interest was soon born.

He's exhibited photographs extensively around the world, lectures locally and nationally and especially enjoys sharing his enthusiasm through teaching. Steve has been invited to lead photo trips to such exotic locales as Costa Rica and the Galapagos. His magazine articles have appeared in various publications including Nature Photographer magazine. He's a member of The North American Nature Photography Association; The National Assoc. of Photoshop Professionals and The Photographic Society of America from which he holds the honor of Associate.

Traudt calls his photographs Synergistic Visions. He explains synergism as the cooperative interaction of several elements to yield a superior result. For Traudt, photography is synergism of such elements as the brain, emotions, vision, film, lenses and the camera. Since photography is both art and craft, Traudt views this synergism as a marriage of left-brain and right-brain activities.

"In today's world, we're in such a hurry; never looking up or down, only straight ahead. I make photographs which cause the viewer to pause, even for a moment, and realize all the remarkable events in our world awaiting discovery."

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May 15, 2010

The "go" date is the date at which WCA determines whether there are enough students or not to run the class.  If this is a class you are interested in, please be sure to enroll before the "Go" date (and encourage your friends to do so as well) so that we can be sure to run the class! We will notify you at the end of the business day on the "GO" date if the class is to be cancelled so that you can make other plans for that date, but ideally, we'll see you at the class!