Biography Greg Kluempers
I started developing my style in 1970 when I bought my first 35mm camera and attended several photography and art classes at FVCC. This early work was black and white darkroom photography. I was in my first show in 1972.

While working full time as an engineer at Boeing, I returned to Florissant Valley at night in 1999 and completed an associate degree in Photography in June, 2006. During this time, I learned to process color prints in the darkroom, started scanning my film, and learning photoshop to process my scans. In 2008 I purchased my first Canon digital camera and since then I have used only digital. In 2013 I switched over to Sony and I am now using a Sony Alpha a7R III. In 2014 I retired from Boeing and I am doing photography full time.

Around 2007 I began entering various juried art events. I have been a member of Art St. Louis for over 12 years, and I am frequently selected for their juried shows. Three of my images that I entered in the St. Louis 250 Year Sheldon-Beacon photography competition were accepted and exhibited at the Sheldon and published in the companion book project St. Louis at 250, the Sheldon Art Galleries-St. Louis Beacon Citywide Photo Contest.

I am a juried member of Greater St. Louis Artists and Best of Missouri Hands. I have been juried into a number of shows and fairs throughout the St. Louis Area including - Queeny Art Fair, Art Outside, Art and Air, Faust Park, Open Studio - the St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum, Mosaics, St. Louis Artist Guild, 2008 Gallery St Louis, Soulard Art Gallery, Gateway Gallery, Florissant Valley CC, Meramec CC, St. Charles CC, The Foundry in St. Charles, Historic Shaw Art Fair and Framations Art Gallery. My work is displayed at numerous businesses in the St. Louis area. My work is available at two galleries: Missouri Artist on Main in St Charles and Stone Soup in the Chesterfield Mall.

My favorite photography quote is
You do not make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved. - Ansel Adams