WHEN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, TIME SEEMS TO DISSOLVE. I BECOME AWARE OF EVERYTHING AROUND ME AND POSITION MYSELF AT ONE PARTICULAR POINT IN SPACE AND TIME TO BEST HARNESS THE ENERGY WITHIN THE SCENE; I AM OFTEN ON THE GROUND, BUT I AM FOND OF THE AIR.
ONCE THE COMPOSITION IS FINE TUNED, I TAKE A BREATH AND OPEN THE SHUTTER. I CONSCIOUSLY VISUALIZE THE LIGHT ENTERING THE LENS, TRAVELING THROUGH THE APERTURE, INTO THE CAMERA, ONTO THE CCD SENSOR AND RECORDING ON ITS CIRCUITS. I CONNECT TO THE SCENE ON AN ATOMIC LEVEL AND FEEL AS THOUGH I AM NURTURING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LIGHT. BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE BEAUTY IN FRONT OF ME, I BECOME ONE WITH THE SCENE AND CONNECT TO SOMETHING INFINITELY LARGER THAN MYSELF.
WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING A STRUCTURE, I NOT ONLY THINK ABOUT ITS DESIGN AND THE SITE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE INTENTION OF THE CREATOR TO UPLIFT THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE IT. I FOCUS ON THE MATERIALS AND THE FORCES IT TOOK TO CONSTRUCT IT. I STRIVE TO CAPTURE THE ENERGY EXPELLED BY ALL THE HARD WORK THROUGHOUT THIS MONUMENTAL TASK OF TRANSFORMING RAW MATERIALS INTO A FINISHED OBJECT. THESE GREAT FEATS PROVIDE A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION THAT OPENS ME UP TO CREATIVITY WHICH THEN MULTIPLIES.
I SIMPLY WANT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION WITH THE VIEWER - TO INSPIRE THEM. I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE YOURSELF THERE, FEELING AS I DID WHEN MAKING THE PHOTOGRAPH, THAT SENSE OF CONNECTION TO A VAST SOURCE OF UNLIMITED ENERGY.