{"id":1779,"date":"2017-09-18T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T10:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/about-me-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:47:29","slug":"about-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/about-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505137157448{padding-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fadeInLeft&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690059774739{border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 250px !important;padding-bottom: 250px !important;background-color: #b2b2b2 !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2445&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_border_circle_2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fadeInRight&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1690059749289{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;background-color: #eaeaea !important;}&#8221;]      <div class=\"heading-block heading-5d67b7780c108 tal h-h3 with-line vc_custom_1745066237851\">\n                  <h3 class=\"h\">My name is Alan Tripp,<br \/>\n<span>I\u2019m a photographer.<\/span><\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n    [vc_column_text]I\u2019m a freelance reporter based in Fishersville, Va. \u2014 owner of my own business.<\/p>\n<p>Have worked as as a photojournalist in the Shenandoah Valley for right about 30+ years.<\/p>\n<p>Started as a freelance photographer with the News Gazette in Lexington, first staff position was with the News Leader back in the early \u201990s. Later worked as a photographer with the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg before moving back to the News Leader where I was Chief of photography and Multimedia for more than 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, struck out on my own and started my own business, Mike Tripp Media LLC, which specializes in the art of storytelling through images and multimedia.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><a style=\"color: #99cc00;\" href=\"http:\/\/miketrippmedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mike Tripp Media LLC<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(My first name is Michael, but I go by my middle name of Alan.)<\/p>\n<p>Known to be a huge fan of Star Trek and science fiction, and he\u2019s something of a history nut.<\/p>\n<p>Love to captain starships in the online MMO, Star Trek Online, where I also happen to command the fleet Aliance Central Command and write fan-fiction about the 27th Expeditionary Fleet within that universe.<\/p>\n<p>Am a father, husband, photographer, hunter of stories, Klingon warrior and Viking explorer.<\/p>\n<p>My Klingon name is <strong>&#8220;Ka&#8217;nej Hauk&#8221; <\/strong>&#8212; meaning &#8220;Hawk who seeks Spirit,&#8221; which is fitting because of my love of the natural world and the fact I am a Druid of Turtle Island.<\/p>\n<p>Also happens to be an avid lover of adventuring and history.[\/vc_column_text]      <div class=\"button-container button-609c764615d25 left\">\n        <a class=\"button-style2\" href=\"https:\/\/f8explorer.com\/index.php\/facts-from-fiction\/\" target=\"_self\">\n          <span>The Facts from Fiction<\/span>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1506084142423{padding-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;]      <div class=\"heading-block heading-5d67b7e3a17a4 tac h-h2 with-line vc_custom_1620964751111\">\n                  <h2 class=\"h\">What Makes Me Tick?<\/h2>\n              <\/div>\n    [vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505483962485{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;photo-icon-softbox&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded-outline&#8221; background_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xl&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_background_color=&#8221;#c48f56&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">lightING PREFERENCE<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Prefer natural lighting and go that route like 80 to 90% of the time. Does not mean I don&#8217;t or can&#8217;t use artificial lighting. Can balance a scene&#8217;s lighting with strobes and such with the best.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505483969540{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;photo-icon-photographer-with-camera&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded-outline&#8221; background_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xl&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_background_color=&#8221;#c48f56&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">THE PHOTOGRAPHER<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Anyone can take a photograph, but a true photographer is an artist who produces so much more. The camera and lens are to those like me as paints and brush are to a painter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505483974400{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;photo-icon-camera-top-view&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded-outline&#8221; background_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xl&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_background_color=&#8221;#c48f56&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">CANON OR NIKON?<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Nikon. &#8230; First camera was Nikon. Then the newspapers I worked for were Nikon all the way. Don&#8217;t really believe there is a huge difference between the two brands, but Nikon is what I know.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505483979333{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;photo-icon-camera-synchronation&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded-outline&#8221; background_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xl&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_background_color=&#8221;#c48f56&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">TECHNOLOGY<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">When I first started photographing, it was simply film. Yet, I&#8217;ve lived to see those cameras transition over the decades to now pure digital mirrorless pro cameras. Love the new technologies!&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505483984191{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;photo-icon-eye&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded-outline&#8221; background_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xl&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_background_color=&#8221;#c48f56&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">the vision<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">First mentor told me &#8230; &#8220;It&#8217;s not the Presidents and the other important people you will love photographing the most.&nbsp; It&#8217;ll be community and the everyday.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1505483989290{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;photo-icon-macro&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded-outline&#8221; background_color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xl&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_background_color=&#8221;#c48f56&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-transform: uppercase;\">Choice of lens<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Lot of photographers go short lens, yet 9 times out of&nbsp; 10, I personally go with the 70-200mm zoom. 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