Rodney Lee Gibbons, the man behind Creative Arts Photography, has over twenty years experience as a professional photographer. He is a 1975 graduate of Fauquier High School and earned a Bachelors Degree from Fairmont University specializing in Graphic Fine Arts and Photography in 1986. He joined the Professional Photographers of America in 1993.
Rodney earned his Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) designation in 1994. The CPP is awarded only to those photographers who meet the highest professional and ethical standards. To become certified a photographer must successfully complete a rigorous examination to evaluate the quality and consistency of his work. Further, the photographer must participate in continuing education to keep his skills up to date and his work must be reevaluated periodically to maintain the certification. Worldwide, only 1,600 photographers have met the stringent requirements to become a Certified Professional Photographer.
Rodney was named one of the top three photographers by The Quad State Business Journal and has received awards at the Kurtz Center Moulden Gallery. He has studied with nationally and internationally known photographers at the Winona International School of Photography and the New England Institute of Professional Photography and attends yearly seminars and conventions to maintain his certification.
His photography has appeared in magazines such as Country Inns Bed and Breakfast, Loudoun Magazine, and PC World, as well as the Winchester bridal directories and an edition of the Winchester-Frederick County calendar. His unique style of wedding photography has been featured in the Northern Virginia Daily, The Winchester Star, The Journal, The Fauquier Times-Democrat and The Wedding Pages.
Rodney's photography has been displayed at the Apple Blossom Mall in Winchester, VA, the Martinsburg Mall in Martinsburg, WV, and at the Frederick Towne Mall in Frederick, MD.
In 2004 Rodney helped found the non-profit Shenandoah Wedding Professionals Association to bring brides and wedding professionals together. The association is made up of over forty members representing a variety of services and operating under a strict code of ethics. He was the first president of the association and served on the board of directors until August 2009. He continues to volunteer his time as webmaster for the association.
Rodney is a member of the Winchester Church of God where he volunteers his photography talents and is a Certified Local Church Chaplain. He also volunteers as a bilingual screener at the Free Medical Clinic, volunteers his building skills for Habitat for Humanity, and has volunteered for Hope Charitable Services, and for Literacy Volunteers-Winchester Area.
Rodney's favorite Bible quote: Philippians 2:3-5, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others."
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