The Inspired Photo Collection | Steven Robert Young

I am not a photographer, but I've seen beautiful, inspiring, and evocative things worth capturing and sharing.

Hopefully, despite their quality, these images will inspire something worthwhile in you.

Moments & Perspectives

A moment when something quite ordinary (a glass on a table) makes an impression.

The sharpness of the bottle against the distorted background creates an appealing contrast

Unfortunately, I don't recall what occasioned this image.

As I recall, this is another moment where the combination of light and glass creates something evocative.

Reflection of light

Stem and base of a glass

These are bottles as seen through a frosted glass. (Captured at a restaurant in New York.)

Ceiling lamp above a bar in New York

Space between floors of an old building in New York

Not sure this was intentional.

My glasses were not posed for this picture. It was a moment

Door to a church in Armenia

Central Park

This was taken at a subway station in Manhattan (Upper West Side, I believe). The illuminated tracks from street above set against the darkness of the tunnel create offered a picture-worthy chiaroscuro.

Light through a window of an ancient church in Armenia

Chess set at The Paper Factory

While driving through Bel Air one afternoon, I happened across this hat. It was in the middle of the street. Seemed too nice to leave there and, perhaps, the owner would return in search of it. I placed somewhere visible and safe.

This is not manufactured; this is an actual reflection of my silhouette through the window between me and the neighbor's apartment.
(2017 or 2018)

Sky

Miami. view of the ocean from an infinity-edge pool.

Awesome cloud above the incredible mansion at 300 Manford Way, Pasadena, California.

California sunset (2019 or 2020)

This is the actual color of the sky. The color against the white wall of the room was picture-worthy.

Incredible California sky.

One of the most memorable cloud formations and colors I've ever seen. Captured 2019 or 2020. The cloud looms above hills and mansion at 300 Manford Way, in Pasadena, California.