Gordy's Blog

I started out college as an Architecture major for a couple of years. Although I did not pursue that profession it gave me a love for buildings of all types and sizes. I went on to study photography and one genre of photography that I like is architectural photography. This series combines my passion for architecture and photography. This series is something I've been thinking about for a long time. Why back doors? Architectural photography is generally about front doors. An architectural photographer aims to present the building in the best light for the Architect. The Architect focuses on the...

I've started a portfolio website to collect 60 plus years of my favorite photographs. Check it out at gordoncoale.com.

How did our new camera bags come about? I’ve long thought about creating a camera bag but I didn’t want to just do something that had already been done. I’ve also wanted to do non-leather products. Something more earth friendly. This means working with fabric and sewing which I couldn’t do. But one of our strap assemblers, Kacey, sews professionally. So we got together to see what we could come up with. We decided to start with pouches and using waxed canvas. We ordered some waxed canvas, some organic cotton fleece for a liner, and zippers then got to work This was the...

I am putting my view camera kit back together for some still life photography.