about myself
It was sometime early in high school when my mom got this camera and I started playing with photography. She was a part time studio photographer and it wasn't long before I too was using that camera to take pictures and to document life. As a nature lover and animal enthusiast I began shooting more of the outdoors and eventually she surrendered that SLR (single light reader) to me. I liked creating pictures and photography became my way to preserve moments in time and to share them with others as a sort of photo-journal. So I armed myself with a couple of accredited photography classes and began telling my story more artistically. After a while I found myself with an encouraging audience.
I still have that same Canon AE-1 and, when teamed with a twin body and a few versatile lenses, I enjoy using it to make pictures of most anything made interesting via the collection of light.
Although we've revolved around the sun many times and the light that it shines seems relatively the same from month to month, the scene in the picture will always be uniquely different, always. Weather conditions change from minute to minute and every day has it's own weather. Each day the earth's distance and angle change in relation to the sun. Every year the annual revolution differs slightly and every three hundred sixty sixth(+) day is never the same as the first. These shades and shapes created by light define our worlds and can never be duplicated in 'real time' nor can they ever be replicated the same way again through the use of f:stops and shutter speeds, essentially making every photograph inimitable.
Our eyes translate the world through reflections and refractions and this science allows us to witness both the tangible and the intangible. However, although we translate these special effects systematically the same its visual interpretation can vary with each set of eyes. That is, we may identify our world the same way physically but each of us will often perceive it dissimilarly and are prone to 'seeing' things differently from one another. With a desire to communicate and photography as my interpreter I, subsequently, try to translate my observations through the use of the camera and the pictures it takes.
Light, like the life created by it, is an experience and I enjoy capturing it and I enjoy sharing it, especially when it involves our dog friends who have a uniquely special way of highlighting it. And although I'm unable to view life through your eyes I invite you to a glimpse of it through mine.
