About Buddy lauer

I have lived in the Fredericksburg, Virginia area since 1969.  The story is typical of photography enthusiasts my age.  We started out with film cameras before our teen age years.  When we were in junior high and high school we were in the photography club.  We developed our own black & whites at home & pitched the chemicals down the drain.  It was way before the EPA and seat belts, too.  So long as I didn't explode something or set anything on fire, which occasionally happened, I was able to experiment on my own - an educational experience not much valued today.

Two Virginia Tech engineering degrees later and a well paying job, I got my first really cool camera.  It was a 35mm Minolta SLR.  I don't remember the model, but it was in the very early 1970's.  My first digital camera was an Olympus e-10.  I got that camera in 2001.  Some of the photographs on this website were taken with that camera.  Although the ones I have chosen to include are compositionally OK, they could use a few more pixels.   In 2010, for better or worse, I committed to Nikon.  The D700 had an affordable, full-frame sensor, and I invested quite a bit in full-frame lenses - who could resist.  In 2018 I upgraded to the D850. In 2021 the love affair with Nikon ended, and I moved to the Sony a1. Now, I am happily shooting the Sony a1 camera and Sony lenses exclusively - so many nice features, especially the focusing and auto tracking features.

For the last 14 years of my professional career, I worked at Syntronics, as a Partner and Chief Executive.  We sold our company to General Atomics in October 2017 and, after a short consulting stint, I became a free agent in January 2018.  I started a new company called V-Poly Design, LLC in October 2017.  Later deciding I would rather focus more in the photographic arts arena, I purchased the domains for V-Poly Photography, as well.  

So, this is where my next career begins.  Although income is now not necessary, the desire to remain creative is.

I print all my own images on a Canon imagePROGRAF-4000 printer using Lucia archival, pigment-based ink (12 ink, wide color gamut system).  The media I prefer is Hahnemuhle archival fine art paper.  All prints that I sell are printed by me using fine art archival grade papers.

I also mount, mat, and frame my prints. In the background is a wall mounted mat cutter capable of handling mats as large as 40” X 60”. I use acid free, archival grade mats and mounting boards. All fastening agents are acid free, archival quality materials.