Reed Galin is the son of a haberdasher who followed his well-heeled customers back and forth between summer and winter homes in South Florida and on Cape Cod, MA.

In Florida, it was all about the beach for Reed- surfing and fishing... on The Cape, it was all about The Boston Red Sox. Reed was the only 11-year-old at summer camp with a daily subscription to the Boston Herald to keep him current with the team. Along with the box scores, the photos were of particular interest to him, and not just the baseball pictures. It was the beginning of a life-long interest in photography.

At 16, one of his father’s weekly card playing buddies was a Palm Beach society photographer. This led to a summer job in his photo studio where Reed learned the craft and how to “see” photographs in a dark room. With that facility available Reed worked weekends developing his own pictures.

At The University of Florida, he studied with internationally known surrealist photographer Jerry Ulesman while perusing a major in Broadcast Journalism. This was a blending of two primary interests, writing and photography- words and pictures. Around campus, Reed found his camera was a ticket to experiences others did not have, or did not notice. From the sidelines of Gator football games to backstage with rock stars, working with the school newspaper and TV station developed vision and technique for both still and moving pictures.

Upon graduation Reed interviewed with several newspapers, but Television opened a door first. Over the next 28 years as a reporter and news anchor for five local stations across the country and as a national correspondent with NBC and CBS Networks, Reed always carried at least a small pocket still camera with him on assignment as a visual interpretation of people and places he experienced on the road.

Reed’s photography subject matter is diverse and happily undisciplined, contrary to the advice of some art gallery owners who exhibited his work over the years. They advised the photographer to narrow his focus to “specialize” only on landscapes, or on street photography, or on environmental portraits, etc... but such self-restrictions were too confining for a shooter who could not escape a compulsion to follow the heart, as opposed to a marketing plan.

As Reed’s “first life” as a TV writer/producer has allowed, he has shown in photography galleries, worked with stock picture agencies and taken photo assignment work. From finely crafted landscapes for a Nature Conservancy, to journalism and sports, to abstract “artsy-fartsy” images, thousands of photo proof sheets have piled up in closets around the house - only a tiny fraction of which have ever seen the light of day. The ease of digital photography has only compounded the problem, even as Reed continues shooting the old fashioned way, as well. (“Why not lug around twice the equipment?”)

Reed lives near Nashville with his wife of 18 years and two teen age Red Sox fans who understand Dad is never going to just put the camera down. He operates LoneTree Productions, offering TV/video production, writing services, and still photography.

It’s all about words and pictures, still (when Reed’s not busy with his son’s little league team or watching The Sox on the internet).