About PhotoEssence Photography
Ecological Initiatives
PhotoEssence Photography
By Trevor Gerstenberg 2023
Welcome to PhotoEssence Photography!
Trevor Gerstenberg
With over a decade of photography experience, I founded PhotoEssence Photography as a space to showcase my work, collaborate creatively, and grow as a business owner. Alongside photography, I am a biologist and aspiring bioengineer, driven by a passion for using science to build a more sustainable economy and protect our environment. My photographic work spans macro, astrophotography, nature, landscape, street, and underwater imagery, capturing both the beauty of the natural world and the details often overlooked.
What is PhotoEssence Photography?
PhotoEssence Photography is comprised of three main divisions: PhotoEssence², The Gallery & Store and PhotoEssence³.
Mini Gallery
The scale of Photography
PhotoEssence Photography has 6 unique photo categories each specializing in a different type of photography. There are a multitude of types of photography. The common theme in these 6 categories is their perspective. It is important to understand which each perspective is. In fact, humans have a narrow field of vision and see things on the mesoscale. This is how you typically see things of a moderate scale. In my photography, you will see things on a number of different scales.
Underwater Photography
Photos that leave you breathless
Being able to travel and breathe underwater to see worlds unfamiliar and non-terrestrial gives you a feeling you will not experience anywhere else. There is so much life under the surface. Feeling weightless with a sense of calmness, peace, and wonder is what I hope to share in my photography.
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Street Photography
Artificial and genuinely human
Street photography is more than the quiet commuter on the train or the woman selling wares. Street photography to me is the precarious blend of human artwork like buildings, bridges, machines and of people themselves. The focus is on the man-made or should I say man-unique.
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Nature Photography
Question: What make Earth a unique planet?
Answer: Life
As a scientist, I see and study the incredible complexity of life within an organism and between organisms. We call this biology and the later, ecology. Species have existed and coevolved with other species and the physical environment, and have created vast connected networks that were developed over millions of years. My photography will show you a glimpse of this network as we see it today.
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Astro Photography
A perspective beyond our atmosphere
Stars, planetary bodies, and the night sky are all a part of astronomical photography. Various atmospheric conditions influence the visibility of the cosmos such as light pollution, artificial bodies like satellites, and the molecular/atomic composition of the atmosphere. This requires an extreme amount of light capture of very distant objects kilometers to lightyears away.
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Landscape Photography
A spectacular combination of land, sky, and/or ocean
Landscape photography requires traversing the planet to find breathtaking settings that bring a feeling of awe and grander to the viewer. This perspective also reminds the viewer that the Earth changes ever so subtly on a human timescale.
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Macro Photography
Journey to the macroscopic world in detail you didn't know existed
Macrophotography is an extreme close-up and detailed view of something small. Humans typically do not perceive the world in this perspective of 1 to a 100th or 1 to a 1000th of size and magnification. This requires having an exceptionally wide and close view of the subject where gathering enough light is difficult.
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Collaborate
I am always looking to meet with and work with other photographers and business owners. Art and perspective is different with everyone, and we should embrace and be curious about our differences. I am looking for collaboration in the following.
- New types of Photography.
- Expeditions and traveling.
- Any photo category.
- Model photography.
- Interesting projects!
Partner
PhotoEssence is looking to partner with individuals and companies. Here is some of what I am looking for.
- Virtual and augmented reality companies.
- Sustainable printing businesses.
- Camera equipment companies.
- Ecological foundations.
- Universities.
Booking
Inquire here for Booking opportunities for PhotoEssence Photography. Here is what I currently offer.
- Portrait photography.
- Model photography
- Product photography
In PhotoEssence³, I am bringing conventional 2-dimensional photography into 3 dimensions. This is where you EXPERIENCE PHOTOGRAPHY. In real life, we perceive and interact with things in 3 dimensions. Here I am developing virtual and augmented reality experiences. I am also introducing the Virtual Museum for everyone to see my photos in their full capacity and size, as if you were at a museum or seeing the subject IRL.
Ecological Initiatives
PhotoEssence Photography is becoming carbon negative!
That means we help the environment more than utilize it. We are removing more carbon than we use with Stripe. We are not only reducing and eliminating our waste, but we are helping the planet with theprintspace and Climate First bank. Every purchase you make with PhotoEssence Photography is carbon neutral or carbon negative. That means better for the environment and that benefits everyone. Our aim is to partner and directly contribute to ecological initiatives like these. Our biggest goal is to use our business and profits for ecological, climate, and sustainability initiatives. See our partners and how PhotoEssence photography is using your purchases to make a measurable difference.
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