Background: Bob Castellino has been a professional photographer, writer and publisher for over 20 years. Originally, photography and writing were a vehicle for Bob to create a story connecting people with nature through art. He specializes in places close to his home in Colorado and the West. His repertoire includes photographing and writing about people and places in urban America—in particularly Denver and Boulder, Colorado. He takes great interest in getting to know people and what motivates them to reach the heights of their abilities. He is fascinated with the expansive landscape of the west, its history, our part in its development and how we create a sense of place here.
“One of the greatest gifts you have is your clear eye and ability to capture what you see! The rest of us can then stop in our tracks and ponder what most of us will never have a chance to witness in person!! I just love that hunger in you that pushes past human comfort, to explore the most outrageously remote parts of nature, and bring them to people like me.
Thank you, Bob! (I would wallpaper my home with your photographic visions if I could!)”
–Marilou Reichel, Interior Designer
Approach to Photography: Bob is known to go the extra mile to find a great location, look a little harder for people in an unusual situation to develop or wait a little longer for the right conditions to make a photograph. He presses the limits of his equipment, digital technology and skill to create beautiful photographs. Along with the photographs he loves to write, publish, work in photoshop and create multi-media exhibits and presentations. He has a unique ability to mold ideas, words and images into powerfully impassioned stories. He has great concern for all things wild and natural in the West as well as the fragile state of human kind around the world.Bob enjoys the creative process of developing a concept into a meaningful story to share with people as much as he enjoys the story telling itself.
Instructor: Bob is an accomplished, versatile, creative and multifaceted professional. He taught photography at the Music and Arts Conservatory of Santa Barbara, Boulder Digital Arts, Mike’s Camera, Camera Clubs around the West, and his own photographic workshops at Reed Photo Imaging, Snowmass Workshops in Aspen, and Englewood Camera.
Keynote Speaker: He is a captivating, charismatic speaker and presenter. He has been sought out as a keynote speaker and personality at the Sustainable Summit Colorado 1999, University of Colorado Presidents Leadership Class 2000, Bioneers Conference 2003, Zonta, Colorado’s Authors Fesitval, Denver Mayor’s Club, Denver Historical Society, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and the Rocky Mountain Sierra Club on numerous occasions. He speaks on a wide range of subjects, including: the Entrepreneurial Artist, Self Publishing —Step by Step, the Art of Seeing and the Exceptional Photograph, Connecting with the Spirit of the Earth, and recently, Preservation of Colorado Wild Lands and Energy Policy and Conservation.
“The Indian Peaks Golf Club hired Bob Castellino to photograph the 18th hole, and put together a 30″ x 90″ panoramic picture to hang in the clubhouse. Bob was relentless in finding the perfect pictures to use in his final photograph. He could be seen any where from sunup to sundown taking photos from all angles. He used fourteen different photographs to come up with the spectacular final product. Bob Castellino is a true professional in his field, and I would not hesitate to use his services in the future.”
–Craig Stephens, Head P.G.A. Golf Professional
Accomplishments: He has collaborated in live performances producing multi-media shows with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra with full symphony orchestra to Arron Copelands, “Applachain Spring ,” world renown Pianist Peter Kater and native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai, Sax player and composer extraordinaire—Derek Nash (The Flatiron Suite), and Dan Clawson for a program entitled “Living the Dream.” He has five photographic story books in publication entitled Boulder: Heart & Soul, People & Place in its second printing and ” Colorado: Heart & Soul,” and “Denver: Gateway to the Rockies,” and “Colorado: Roadside Photography Guide.” His latest release, “Boulder: Yesterday and Today—A Photographic Retropsective.,” was released February 1, 2006. He has a permanent exhibit on display at the Denver Chamber of Commerce and Omni Interlocken Hotel. He has an aerial photograph of the Flatirons on permanent exhibit at Smithsonian Institute in the Gems, Geology, and Crystals Hall. He is a contributing writer and photographer for the Golf Channel’s web site—Courses and Travel. He was named LowePro’s Action Adventure Photographer for 2008 with the cover photo of their catalogue at Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon.
Client List: People from around the world collect his photography. Some of his clients include: Merill Lynch, Holmes Roberts & Owens, Level 3 Communications, Johns Mansville, Morgan Stanely, Ernst & Young, Renewal by Anderson, CH2M Hill, McData, Exabyte, TIAA-Creff, Omni Interlocken Resort, the City of Denver, the US Forest Service, Colorado Board of Tourism, Borders Book Stores, Barnes and Noble and Costco Stores.
Consulting—The Business of Art: He is renowned for building collaborative business partnerships and works as a consultant in the publishing industry. His expertise is project management, product development, sales, promotion and marketing. If he had the choice he’d rather be making photographs, playing golf, fishing, back packing, back country or downhill skiing, or river rafting than just about anything that has to do with working at his adventure travel company Three Trails West, LLC. http://www.threetrailswest.com
Somehow he has found a way to combine all of them to enjoy the best of all worlds—at least from this perspective.