About Ancient Light Gallery
The love and appreciation of the outdoors was instilled early for Cheyenne. She was born and raised in sunny South Florida where she spent winters in The Keys and summers on the family farm in the mountains of North Carolina. Cheyenne is a self taught photographer and began shooting stock and assignment photography in 1989. Her areas of specialty included Extreme Adventure Sports, Outdoor Recreation, Health & Fitness, Western/SW Culture and Landscapes.
Cheyenne's photographs have been published worldwide in a variety of publications. Her impressive list of clients includes: Sunset Magazine, Subaru Drive Magazine, Outdoor Research Gear, U.S. Postal Service, Backroads Tours, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, Outside Magazine, and the list goes on.
Cheyenne is also a published author, with several books to her name and having written many photo/text pieces and monthly columns for magazines such as; Outdoor Photographer, Park City Traveler, Outdoor & Nature Photographer and Utah Outdoors.
In 2003, Cheyenne hung up her mountain climbing boots and camera for a much needed break. She soon found that she missed not only having a camera in her hand but she missed the creative process. She wasn't interested in getting back into the stock & assignment segment of the photography business again and knew that her calling would come in a different form this time. In 2008, Cheyenne's creative sparks reignited fresh, new and bold! A proven master of technique, she's taking Digital Fine Art Photography into exciting, powerful and new directions. With her unique vision, she captures the subtle moods, the textures, and maybe the ghosts that live on somehow in the rusted, abandoned artifacts of The Old West. Using the whispers of light, color and form, she asks these old discarded objects to tell us their stories once again.
While Cheyenne doesn't actively market her photos to the editorial world anymore she is still represented by some of the world’s top Stock Photography Agencies and from time to time she will see some of her stock photos used for advertising as well as on magazine and book covers.
In addition to shooting Fine Art Photographs, leading Photo Workshops, writing books and articles, Cheyenne is a sponsored HDR Specialist for Photomatix and teaches online and private HDR Computer classes. She also travels and speaks to camera clubs, corporations and other groups with her inspiring "The Journey Back to Creativity" presentation. For Photo Workshop & HDR Class information and schedules please visit the "Photo Workshops & Classes" page on our blog. If you like to book Cheyenne to speak for your group or camera club please visit our EVENTS page for speaking dates and show information.
A former Gallery Scottsdale owner, Cheyenne now has her Fine Art Photography represented by some of the finest Galleries in the Southwest. Cheyenne is a juried member of the Arizona Art Alliance, Scottsdale Arts League as well as the Scottsdale Gallery Association.
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All photographs on this website are owned by © Cheyenne L Rouse and have been registered with the United States Copyright Office.