William Chizek, Featured Artist

William Chizek

Bill Chizek is a husband, dad of three, retired US Navy, and self taught Photographer originally from Manitowoc, WI who now resides in El Paso, TX. Since 2017, he's been shooting mostly Stock Photography and his photographic interests vary. Currently, Bill is a stock photo contributor for Adobe Stock, iStock by Getty Images, Shutterstock, and a few other companies. His photos appear in numerous publications and websites, visit this Stock Photography link to view some of them.

Bill's interest in photography began shortly after joining the Navy in 1981. He had the honor of serving as a musician in the US Navy Music Program for 30 years and visited much of the world. For Bill, there was no greater honor in his life than being a Master Chief Navy MU (MUCM). However, photography was short-lived early on because film was too expensive for his salary. Bill jokingly says, "being younger and smarter than I am today, I felt it was wiser to spend my money on beer and pizza while living in Europe rather than waste it capturing precious memories through photography." It was tough for him when he sold his Canon AE1 Program after a few years because when he bought it the price was more than he made in a month. While life in Navy Music had him on the road throughout the US, Europe, and Asia, he did little photography. Finally, in 2006 Bill became interested in digital photography and has been hooked ever since. After retiring from the Navy in 2011, he spent a few rewarding years as an adjunct US History professor. He says, "it's the challenges of the camera that continued to draw me toward photography. It's much like that of a musical instrument, I learn something new every time I pick it up. The camera, like the trombone, has been both humbling and challenging. Once the shutter clicks, a moment in time is preserved, so the challenge is to get it right the first time."

Every day Bill attempts to apply the lessons learned from music toward the camera. As a musician since the mid 1970's, he was fortunate to play with incredible people. The common denominator was that an instrument and a camera both require practice to improve. Photography now fills the part of his life once occupied by music. It's also become somewhat of a family affair and when out shooting, it's normally with his wife and kids; he says, "without my wife's support this little obsession would be just something else I'd just like to be doing. Although I've gone through camera bags and cameras like most people change socks, she's always been there for me in 'life after Navy' and for that, I give her many thanks and much love!"

At Bill's blog, he writes about gear, travels, where he's shooting, back stories on photos, or something that just gets his attention. Photos are available for purchase at his website, just look for the "BUY" button to get started; no watermarks will appear on purchases. Please feel free to contact Bill, comment on photos, or sign the guest book.

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