ROBYN PORTEEN
MY CREATIVE JOURNEY
I always knew I wanted to be in a field where I could create my visions, travel the world and explore different cultures.
Growing up in rural Michigan, I had a fascination of the night sky and the natural world around me. I am so happy that my path in life has allowed me to have the freedom to rediscover the beauty of the night and be able to teach people how to capture it through photography. I am always planning an adventure chasing the moon with my telescope, creating a time-lapse of the night sky, finding that elusive aurora or just chilling out under the stars in wonderment.
A SHORT CAREER BIO
With over 20+ years of design, marketing and photography experience, Robyn is a recognized leader in branding, e-commerce and photography. Robyn founded Porteen Gear, Inc. in 2010, a company that provides photographers with bags and gear that they custom design themselves.
Due to her marketing and branding strategy, her products have been showcased in Professional Photography Magazine, British Vogue, Shutterbug Magazine, USA Today and many more. Porteen Gear has been sold in 52 countries with 100% positive reviews.
During her lifelong passion as an entrepreneur, she has owned a Sign and Graphics business in Atlanta, been a staff architectural photographer, traveled internationally on photography assignments and wrote for a national Travel Company doing press trips around the US.
Photography - Robyn has traveled the world on assignment, capturing the “essence” of an area to showcase a body of work.
Robyn's current love of the night sky is now leading her to remote, dark areas of the world to capture and teach night sky photography.
President - Porteen Gear, Inc.
Delegate to The International Dark Sky Association
Member of American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Founder of DarkSky Michigan (an IDA Chapter)
Member of Newaygo County Dark Sky Astronomers
Member of the Grand Rapids Camera Club
Award Winning Photographer
Workshop Teacher for Night Sky Photography
You can see my current photos on my Instagram feed "SkiesandCoffee"
