WHEN TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS TIME SEEMS TO DISSOLVE. I BECOME AWARE OF EVERYTHING AROUND ME AND POSITION MYSELF AT A PARTICULAR POINT IN SPACE AND TIME TO BEST HARNESS THE ENERGY WITHIN THE SCENE; 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. CONSCIOUSLY VISUALIZING THE LIGHT ENTER THE LENS, TRAVEL 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 IT'S 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 FROM RAW MATERIAL TO FINISHED OBJECT. THESE GREAT FEATS PROVIDE A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION THAT OPENS ME UP TO CREATIVITY AND MULTIPLIES.
I SIMPLY WANT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION WITH THE VIEWER, 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.