The art of light and the beauty of connection - to the landscape, nature, and the positive flow and exchange of creative energy. Photography has been my primary route to connecting with the world and life around me since I picked up my first SLR camera in the 1970s and headed into the woods behind my childhood home near Dayton, Ohio.
In addition to my passion for photography, I am a doctoral candidate pursuing a Doctor of Professional Studies in Instructional Design Leadership through Franklin University. I also work in instructional design at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque.
Currently, my photography work is limited to fine art nature and landscape images, prints, and licensing. I am no longer pursuing portrait and commercial photography as freelance opportunities.
I have a professional education and background in marketing communications, public relations, and human resources management. At my very core, though, is a passion for storytelling, education, and expression through art. My two daughters and son keep me inspired and grounded, yoga and cycling keep me healthy, and faith in love and compassion keep me going. I reside in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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A wanderer and wonderer. Teacher, artist, father, lover of light. Jim Crotty grew up in Kettering, Ohio, near Dayton, where the woods and creek behind his childhood home served as the gateway to his exploration of the joys of nature and landscape photography. With an old Pentax Spotmatic F and a black-and-white darkroom in the basement, Jim was blessed with a way to connect with nature and share his love of those connections with others.
Following high school in Kettering, Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communication Management from the University of Dayton while serving as a U.S. Marine Corps Reservist.
Now living in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Crotty is also a Communication Instructor at Central New Mexico Community College and is a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Professional Studies in Instructional Design Leadership program at Franklin University.
