Fine Art Photography
6 galleries
In my photography the camera and lens are my “brush and canvas” with which to render my “vision” of what lies before me, and to choreograph the three-partnered dance between my creative soul, my camera and lens, and the subject. In short, I seek to capture and interpret life’s visual symphonies, one click at a time.
It's not just a street scene; it’s the feeling of intensity or loneliness in the crowd. It’s not a group of trees; it’s their movement, strength, balance and grace. It’s not a body of water; it’s layers of texture and color in sand or shoreline, water and sky, or in the reflections of trees and sky on the water’s surface. It’s not a person in a studio; it’s her energy, personality or charisma, or her interaction with another, real or imagined. It’s not peeling paint on a surface; its an abstract revelation amongst decay framed by a camera lens. It’s not buildings; it’s an interaction of geometric shapes, forms and colors. And it's not just someone playing a guitar, it's their feeling as the notes stream from their soul, through their fingers and out into space.
I work nearly exclusively within the camera. There is very little software processing (other than subtle adjustments to brightness, contrast and color saturation). With the rarest of exception when I use it to “blend” several images together when in-camera multiple exposure techniques will not yield what I want, nothing is “photoshoped in” in my work. It is created by what I see, how it “speaks” to me, and the in-camera and compositional techniques I employ to create the work and present it to the viewer.
It's not just a street scene; it’s the feeling of intensity or loneliness in the crowd. It’s not a group of trees; it’s their movement, strength, balance and grace. It’s not a body of water; it’s layers of texture and color in sand or shoreline, water and sky, or in the reflections of trees and sky on the water’s surface. It’s not a person in a studio; it’s her energy, personality or charisma, or her interaction with another, real or imagined. It’s not peeling paint on a surface; its an abstract revelation amongst decay framed by a camera lens. It’s not buildings; it’s an interaction of geometric shapes, forms and colors. And it's not just someone playing a guitar, it's their feeling as the notes stream from their soul, through their fingers and out into space.
I work nearly exclusively within the camera. There is very little software processing (other than subtle adjustments to brightness, contrast and color saturation). With the rarest of exception when I use it to “blend” several images together when in-camera multiple exposure techniques will not yield what I want, nothing is “photoshoped in” in my work. It is created by what I see, how it “speaks” to me, and the in-camera and compositional techniques I employ to create the work and present it to the viewer.
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7 galleriesI have always been drawn to abstract painting and to the abstract, uncertain, vague and odd in most things in life. Photography is no exception. The images in the seven Galleries in this Abstracts Collection bring Multidimensionality to the Abstract. Whether through multiple exposure, reflection, macro photography or close up, each of the folders in this Collection contain images which reflect more than one subject, feeling or characteristic, as described more fully in the Descriptions for each folder. -
5 galleriesImages in these galleries are made either by making several exposures which merge into a single exposure in the camera or by making long exposures with the subject moving during the exposure. In both methods, the result is what I think of as "multidimentional. -
9 galleriesIn addition to my concentration on the theme of multi-dimensionality, I am also sometimes drawn to other subjects, for a variety of reasons. I love buildings, both recent and deteriorating, so I sometimes photograph them. I am a songwriter and guitar player, and used to perform, so I often sneak a camera into a venue and shoot musicians and bands. And I love people and urban subjects, so I shoot "street" from time to time. All of these are images shot in the singular, without multidimensional aspects. But I enjoy shooting them, especially when I am able to "see" or interpret the subject in my own unique way. -
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34 imagesMany of these images are featured in other Galleries in which they share common attributes. They are reproduced here, however, in that here they share the common bond of being in the street or urban genre of photography. Many also exhibit multidimensionality through in-camera multiple exposure, combining multiple subjects or themes in a single exposure image, panning or other blurring or defocusing, reflection, or other wise. -
58 imagesIn addition to being a photographer, I am a guitar player and songwriter with a deep interest in music from jazz to folk, country to rock, and beyond. Combining my interests as a musician and photographer, I am available to shoot musicians and bands for just about any use imaginable. I can shoot at venues, in a studio, at festivals, recording sessions, meet and greets...in short, wherever you might like photos. And I can provide prints or downloads for use on your websites, Facebook, Instagram, printing on T-shirts, albums or other medium. I can provide color, black and white, or both. And you can find landscape, abstract or other works in the other galleries on my site that might be suitable for cover-art, posters, publicity materials, websites, etc. that can be licensed for just about any use you can think of. The photos shown here are examples of some of the work I have done in the past and, I think, give a good look at what you can expect if I were to shoot you or your band. Lacking a press pass, most of these images were all taken with cameras (ranging from cell phones to DSLR) "smuggled" into small and large venues over a period of a couple of years. In each, I have tried to capture moments when the musician is doing far more than just playing or singing, but is relating to their instrument, voice, music, fellow musician or audience, and conveying their music, from the depths of their creative sole. That, to me, is what photographing musicians is all about. The photographer "jams" with the musician. I hope you can feel that sentiment in at least some of these images.