Stanley D. Auspitz is a travel and landscape photographer who, upon moving from the east to west coast, became enamored with the West’s “wide open spaces” and natural beauty which he witnessed and recorded. Born and raised in Philadelphia and a graduate of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, where he received his Masters of Art Education and Art Teaching specialist’s certification, Stanley decided to move to San Diego where he laid the foundations for an art career. He studied architectural drafting in Phoenix and received certificates in Commercial Art, Graphic Reproduction and Desktop Publishing in San Diego. Stanley has over 12 years of experience in photography, having received a Graduate Certification from the New York Institute of Photography and a Digital Photography certificate from Cornell University. He has taken over 20 courses covering different aspects of photography at BPSOP, the Brian Peterson School of Photography. Moreover, he has studied landscape photography with Serge Ramelli and Tim Shields who have spurred on his interest in the genre. Recently, he completed a freelance photography certification program which he took at San Diego City College’s Photography Department.