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Mr. Smyres is a photographer, writer, researcher, and website designer
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I've been involved in many
photographic
projects, including
aerial,
commercial, real
estate, product photography,
travel photos and internet
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![]() India Mussoorie "There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one's mind and one's subtle body rest upon that, and not rest upon anything else. God is sound and silence. Attain therefore contemplation, contemplation in silence on him." Upanishads |
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Secondly, one photograph can say so much, for so long a time. Because we live in a visual age, photography in all its forms is the medium preferred by the public, primarily because it is instantaneous and transcends words. Occasionally a single image can be so powerful it becomes a permanent part of our conscious memory. The transformational and healing quality of images has been noted by famed psychoanalyst Carl Jung, and many others. The average person is bombarded daily with an immense amount of imagery, some of it horrible or chaotic. Most of it is also moving, that is, in video form, which can be very distracting or even disturbing. Because a moving image contains inherently more information, it is often presumed to be more valuable. However, it is generally easier to remember a still image. The challenge is therefore to choose which image to record out of many possibilities. By paying close attention to those images which evoke harmony and beauty, a sense of upliftment comes, and a realization of the many gifts that exist simply by being alive.
Although I enjoy writing, too, it's very
time-consuming and solitary. Photography is a far more social activity. A
portrait photographer must see the beautiful in people and try to draw it out.
That
aspect of it enables me to meet and learn to appreciate all kinds of people.
Portrait photographers must sometimes work with many people, and often with children or
pets whose behavior is unpredictable. It requires great patience, at times." |
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Paul's father, Robert, is a retired Methodist minister and missionary who spent seventeen years in India. His mother, also retired, was an elementary school teacher for many years. They live near Jacksonville, Florida. Mr Smyres has two sisters, both teachers and one is retired, and a younger brother who is in the book business. He was also born in India. Paul's grandfather, Roy, was a Methodist missionary to Africa and a photographer. He was an early pioneer into the Belgian Congo in the 1920's on behalf of the Methodist Church. The elder Smyres was an ordained minister, and during his life went around the world several times, taking historical and documentary photographs and doing correspondence for the Methodist Church, in addition to preaching. He was known for his entertaining stories and sense of humor and lived until he was 99. |
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In addition to his private work and this website, he has photographed hundreds of infants, and children, at elementary and dance schools for several photography companies. One of his favorite subjects is pets, and he collects their portraits He's done a lot of pet photography. Mr. Smyres plays guitar and enjoys reading, mostly non-fiction. See some of the samples: cats, dogs, parrots, horses. He also does portrait work. New York City. His primary photography work is now aerial and aviation photos.
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