In a new exhibit that opens today, photography, digital photography and computer processes create both real and imaginary landscapes.

Penn State University Relations photojournalist Greg Grieco will display an arrangement of his images titled Landscapes Real and Imagined through Dec. 11 at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center as part of the HUB-Robeson Gallery's Art on the Move series.

"This is pretty much a variation from what I'm used to doing," Grieco said. "This is the first time I've used digital exploring."

Grieco said he looks at his digital work as similar to painting; the only difference is using a mouse instead of a regular paintbrush.

"He's been working in digital photography, so this is totally new. He started working five or six years ago, so these photos are more on the abstract than when he took photos of people," said Ann Shields, head of the HUB-Robeson Galleries and Art on the Move. "It's very interesting and different."

For this exhibit, Grieco photographed landscapes around Centre County, although he has photographed all over the world in the past, in places such as Europe, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti and Cuba.

Trying his hand at digital photography has allowed Grieco to use many creative tools and to let his imagination run wild, Penn State spokeswoman and Grieco's wife Victoria Fong said.

"Working with digital has opened a lot of directions and ideas," Fong said. "He very much enjoys traditional photography, but this has given him the tools to just travel down a different direction."

Photography has been a hobby for Grieco since he was a high school student. He has worked for Penn State for about 15 years and now photographs for Penn State's Office of Public Information, taking official shots around the campus for events such as academic meetings, lecture series and Penn State Alumni Association activities.

Grieco said that with so much going on all the time at Penn State there are many opportunities to photograph events that are of interest to the academic community.

"The job description is scattered far and wide. It's one of the neatest jobs on campus [because] you're not behind a desk," he said. "You get to meet a lot of interesting people, and they'll share ideas and thoughts. After a while, you start noticing more and more people that you know around campus."

Though Grieco said he also enjoys painting and sketching, he finds photography to be a great form of self-expression.

"You can interject your thoughts and ideas into how this portrait should be presented. Something I always try to do is pre-visualize the finished product and work backwards," he said.