About Joey Terrill
When I was 11 years old, I put a camera to my eye for the first time, and from that day on, I knew that the worst day of making pictures would be better than the best day of anything else.
For my 12th birthday, I begged my parents for a black and white enlarger and began printing old family negatives in a makeshift darkroom built on top of a washer and dryer. I got a proper camera when I turned 13, joined the yearbook staff in the 8th grade, and continued photographing through high school, college, and art school.
Photography is my way to open doors—to see, to explore, and to learn new things. I do that through interpretive portraiture for clients that include American Express, Coca-Cola, Disney, Golf Digest, Major League Baseball, Nikon, Red Bull and Sports Illustrated.
But it's the rich potential within macro photography that continues to be a creative fascination. Using my cameras and lenses to magnify and explore has lead me to experiment with unusual subjects, a variety of liquids, exotic flowers, and then shape what I discover with careful illumination. My macro studio is dedicated to exploring new possibilities.
I love sharing with other photographers and I present at seminars and workshops including the Summit Series, PhotoPlus Expo, WPPI, Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, UPAA Symposium, Popular Photography Mentor Series, Imaging USA, BILD Expo, Consumer Electronics Show, World in Focus, and the prestigious Alexia Workshop at Syracuse University.
I'm a proud Nikon Ambassador, and work closely with the company to mentor, motivate, and inspire other creators about the potential of photography.
What are Circles of Confusion?
The sharpest areas of an image are created when light is focused into microscopic points of illumination.
As rays of light pass through a lens and strike the image plane, the smallest points of light appear as the sharpest areas of focus. In the areas not in focus, the rays of light grow larger and begin to overlap one another to become circles of confusion—creating the beautiful lens quality known as bokeh.
The illusion of movement in the delicate tips of this makeup brush are created by overlapping circles of confusion. My visual style uses these sensual transitions to impart dimension and feel to each image.