{"id":56,"date":"2025-07-16T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photography.visualrealms.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:10:44","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/josephstampfl.com\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"56\" class=\"elementor elementor-56\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6720ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"a6720ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-533c7bc\" data-id=\"533c7bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-217c8b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"217c8b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/josephstampfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC03231-1-768x1152.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6805\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josephstampfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC03231-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/josephstampfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC03231-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/josephstampfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC03231-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/josephstampfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC03231-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/josephstampfl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSC03231-1.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9013347\" data-id=\"9013347\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba8a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ba8a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019ve touched many different visual arts, from photography to graphics design, from architecture to architectural visualization. \u00a0I\u2019ve been in the architectural industry since 1992, when I started as a draftsman at a small firm in Whittier, California. \u00a0I\u2019ve worked at a handful of firms over the years and even broke out on my own for a short period of time, focusing on re-purposing old, late-1800\u2019s buildings into live-work lofts\/apartments in and around Pomona &amp; Ontario, California.\u00a0\u00a0During that time, I pursued a passion in photography and ultimately developed a small and short career doing commercial and fashion photography. \u00a0All of these visual \u201crealms\u201d have helped me develop my tastes for what I believe is an aesthetically pleasing image, both graphically and architecturally \u2013 the challenge is getting those ideas into production.\u00a0 To quote Daniel Tosh \u201c<em>See, because I\u2019m a brilliant painter, minus my God-awful brushstrokes. 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