Welcome
Dave Valvo has been a photographer for nearly 60 years. He holds a masters degree in Image Science from Rochester Institute of Technology and retired from Eastman Kodak Company in 2002. While at Kodak, Dave managed the design of silver based and chromogenic Black and White photographic papers. He holds numerous photographic design patents.
Dave loves to mentor budding photographers. He has taught photography in Santiago, Chili, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Mexico City, Toronto, Canada and countless times in Rochester, NY.
Many images in this website were digitally collected and mastered. A few were first captured on film, scanned and then mastered. Black and White images were collected on film and then printed on silver halide paper. Not many are shown because they are difficult to scan and display accurately. Images collected on film are labeled as such.
Currently Dave uses a Canon 5D digital camera with Canon L lenses. In his bag he carries the 17 to 40mm; the 24 to 105mm IS; the 70 to 200mm IS and the 300mm IS.
Your monitor calibration can affect the appearance of these images. The originals have good contrast and color. If these images appear "washed out" on your monitor please make adjustments it to improve the quality.
Please enjoy the website.