DON KIESTER PHOTOGRAPHER

THE PHOTOGRAPHER:
Don Kiester has spent more than twenty five years as a nature, portrait and fine art photographer.

Don began his photography career while still in high school, and continued while an engineering student at Oklahoma State University. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering at OSU, Don continued his photography education by attending the Mel Newsom School of Fine Art Photography in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Don studied all aspects of portraiture, including posing, lighting techniques and the intricate science of modern photographic processing and photographic equipment. One of the specialties of the Newsom School was the photographic technique used for fine art glamour and nude photography.

Don studied the most successful lighting methods used for fine art nude portraiture, and in the studio, specializes in Rembrandt and Butterfly lighting. Don has also developed his own successful methods for outdoor photography of the nude using natural light. The significance of this is that many photographers find it difficult to manage proper lighting using outdoor ambient light while doing glamour nudes. Much of Don’s recent nude work is natural-light outdoor portraiture.

As Don continues with his photography, he has included a school for those wishing to learn the successful techniques that Don has used in his work.