Bill was a member of the original Apple team and is credited with developing the pull down menu as well as many of the graphic design features. Now Bill is a photographer and he is amazing. He is especially talented in photographing close up shots of beautiful polished rocks and his lovely pictures adorn all the walls in my house.
In 2004 Bill self publish the book Within The Stone. This stunningly visual book has 72 close up shots of colorful natural polished rocks and they are accompanied by literary pieces written by authors asked to view the pictures and share their thoughts. In order to insure the colors and vibrancy of the pictures, Bill himself help develop the printing techniques. In the book Bill shares his methods for photographing polished rocks and at the Tucson Gem Show this year he shared his set up and tips with me. I certainly hope you find it shows in my quality of pictures on my website as I implement his suggestions.
Bill sells his polished rock pictures on his website and I am proud to say you will find a selection of our rocks in his gallery.
The one below I just got this February and haven't had time to frame it. It was a lovely piece of Chrysocolla Cuprite, otherwise known as Sonora Sunset. When he brought it to me at the Tucson Gem Show several people tried to buy it on the spot, but I could never sell it! You can however buy one like it on his site.
Even more fun, if you have an iPad you must get his free app- Bill Atkinson PhotoCard - available through the iTunes store. In this app you can send virtual postcards using Bill's awesome pictures, or your own pictures, to anybody by email for free! And for a very small amount you can send gorgeous actual postcards through snail mail. He offers a collection of wonderful pictures, not just the polished rocks, but of course those are my favorites!
See us at www.oakrocks.net to see more polished rocks. And Happy Hunting!
