Colorado Photographer Gary Gray
Gary is a highly published writer and photographer whose work has been featured in over 1,400 publications around the world, including National Geographic, Newsweek, Associated Press, Outdoor Photographer, Colorado Outdoors, F-Stoppers, Readers Digest, Out There Colorado, The Colorado Encyclopedia and many other television, Internet and print publications. See Gary’s list of publishing credits below. Gary is the most published commercial photographer in the State of Colorado.
Gary first learned photography as a young teenager using his fathers 35mm Pentax SLR and Rangefinder cameras. His father taught him the basics at the age of 13 and to this day Gary still owns his fathers Voigtlander Vito III rangefinder camera. Gary improved his knowledge during high school by being a member of the High School photography club. After high school, Gary joined the US Navy and as a young man began working with 35mm stereographic film cameras.
Gary is US Navy Veteran and electronics engineer by training. After leaving the Navy, Gary worked for The Wall Street Journal from 1981-2007 in many technical and production management roles until his retirement in 2007. During his time at the WSJ, Gary worked extensively with Satellite Communications Systems, Newspaper Printing Systems, Digital Imaging Systems, Information Technology Systems, Technical and Production Management.
Gray Photography LLC was founded in 2006. During his photography career, Gary has worked as a wedding photographer, event photographer, advertising photographer and done private training. For many years he hosted photography workshops and wildlife photo tours. In 2017, Gary retired from commercial photography and is currently a private photographer based in Colorado who specializes in landscape and wildlife photography. Gary also publishes an extensive stock photography catalog on Adobe Stock and Getty Images. His images of Colorado’s rugged mountain terrain have earned him a reputation as one of the state’s premier landscape photographers.
Gary’s current photographic kit:
Gary primarily works with Nikon Digital Single Lens Reflex and Sony Alpha mirrorless camera systems.
Cameras: Nikon D850, Nikon D810, Sony a6700
Lenses: Nikkor 16-35mm f/4 G ED VR, Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 VR, Nikkor 28mm f/1.8, Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II, Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 VR, Sony Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS, Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6, Sony E 70–350 mm F4.5–6.3 G OSS, Sigma 105mm EX DG f/2.8 Macro, Sigma 70mm EX DG f/2.8 Macro.
