In 1986; relying on his engineering background and knack for learning software programming languages Bob Orsillo designed and wrote an elegant and elaborate software program for artists and photographers that would be known as “Images” With the flick of a switch the user could move from photographer mode to artist mode or blend both together.

The heart of Images was a multi relational database that gave artists and photographers the ability to track every detail, create a comprehensive provenance or their art. Track licensing, stock sales, exhibits and everything else they could think of. Due to the flexibility of its design it was soon adopted by stock agencies and government agencies.

As Images development progressed additional features were added to allow the artist and photographer to edit images files, to create printable catalogs of their art work, to publish these catalogs as websites.

By 1989 the demand for customized versions was so great, that industry specific versions were published.

Images, Images II, and Images III were written and published for DOS. Images for Windows was written and published for Microsoft Windows. Mac Images was written and published for Apple.

There were several spin off software programs. 

1.       The Photography Equipment Database: (Windows and Mac versions) As the name suggests this program was to simplify the tracking of expenses and keeping track of photography and related equipment on location, in the studio and most important when traveling by plane.

2.       The Artist Portfolio and The Photographers Portfolio (Windows and Mac versions) Simple graphic arts software that would allow the artist and photographer to import their art work and create stunning presentations for the web, for distribution on CD, or as a printable catalog.

3.       The Photographers Database (Windows version) A simple to use program suitable for field work. Stored images, data and locations of the all the photographs. With plenty of room for notes, model and property releases. The software also included latitude and longitude and related grid detail. However the most popular feature was called “Sun and Moon” here the photographer could enter any location in the world and get the sun rise and moon rise time as well the expected color temperature at that location for each hour of the day.

In 1996 the collection of software was sold to Horizon Software and still lives on today under different names.

 The software Bob created during this time period had an outstanding International following.  A search of photography and art magazine and newspapers from those years will turn up many positive reviews.