Table Rock times two through the lens of Bill Robertson’s camera.
Spartanburg also ordered prints, as did a hospital in Michigan. Then, when Oconee Memorial Hospital decided to build a new patient tower, planners ordered some 50 different Robertson photos. “I had no idea it would take off like it did,” he admitted. “Making a living in photography is difficult. I was not that encouraged.” Today, though, he remains busy both in the field and culling through thousands upon thousands of digital images taken throughout the Southeast, along the coastline and even in foreign countries. His website gallery features categories such as waterfalls, wildflowers, panoramic views, rivers and streams, lakes, coastal views, buildings and winter scenes. He has visited Smoky Mountains National Park more times than he can count, securing countless remarkable images: including one — a blossoming Dogwood in the fog at Cades Cove — that provides the backdrop for his internet homepage. He has turned abandoned barns and farm equipment into objects of art and has captured waterfalls in such a way that one practically “hears” them while viewing them. “I’m out in the field nine days a week,” he quipped. “I’m chasing flowers in the spring, waterfalls in the summer, snow in the winter and I was just up on the (Blue Ridge) Parkway yesterday getting all the colors of fall. “You don’t know (what there is out there) if you don’t go,” he continued. “Whether it’s a barn in the Lowcountry or some coastline in a far off country.” His commercial sales to hospitals and clinics have led to increased residential sales as well. Part of his current work routine involves contacting interior designers and buyers for residential developments. He sells to individuals through his website and even offers packages that involve matting, framing and, if desired, track lighting. The coastline in Iceland.
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