My early creative interests were primarily in music. I began playing guitar and singing at the age of nine. I was signed to a record label and performed professionally throughout the 70's and 80's.
My first meaningful experience with photography occured in the mid 70's, when I photographed a Roger Mcguinn concert using a Minolta SLR, loaded with 400 black & white film. It was that night that I began to explore the creative visual expression of photography. For me, making the transition from musician to photographer,
seemed to be a natural progression.
In the 90's, I worked as a desktop publisher/photo retoucher, for an international flower bulb company and a
local newspaper. Because I spent most of the time editing photos rather than shooting them, I honed my
photoshop skills in print and web photography. Having extensive knowledge in the post production aspect
of photography, I have great appreciation for photographers that get the shot with little or no post manipulation.
I presently freelance in portrait, editorial, commercial and landscape photography. My philosophy is that
exposure and composition still remain the key elements in creating successful photographs. It's not about
megapixels, a certain brand of camera, or the software you use. A writer starts off with a blank piece of
paper. A painter starts out with a blank canvas. The visions they create take form in the structure of a poem,
song or painting. The form or structure they use to convey their vision defines their creative style. A
photographer has advantage because his canvas, if you will, is already filled. It is however, how he frames
those elements that shapes the viewer's perception of what creative statement the photographer is trying to
make. Whether it be poetry, painting, music or photography if the artist can evoke an emotion or draw you
into their creation, even if one's perception is entirely different than what the artist intended, It is only then I
consider that creation to be art.
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