Why do you roast your own coffee?
That’s a good question. The number one reason I roast is because I enjoy it. But I am into this kind of stuff. I grow my own food too. I tie my own flies and make my own fishing lures as well. Just recently I started investigating what it would take to keep my own [...]
It’s a Matter of Scale and Perspective
Sometimes just changing ones perspective is all it takes. Laying down on the ground and shooting up towards your subject will render the ordinary in an extraordinary way. Instead of shooting from eye level, or down at your subject, try shooting up. You’ll find that this worm’s eye view can add strength to your portraits, [...]
Starting a New Project
A new project idea about daily intake (or consumption). I am not sure how do describe the work yet. I am fascinated by the catalog these images become. Contained within a single image are my personal activities, ritual and sustenance. When I am gone these recordings will remain. Like any new project, the work needs [...]
High as a Kite
It was a good day to fly a kite so we ventured on over to the Art & Wind Festival in San Romon. Crowds gathered to watch the professional Kites Men showcase their aerobatics and precision flight choreography. I absolutely love this image. So now what? I often ask myself this question. What should I [...]
Scale and Perspective: New Work Sells to a Local Collector
View the complete The Natural World Gallery here » When work sells it brings excitement to both the creator and the collector. Featured below are the comments by the later about work from the former. In answer to your question as to how the art makes me feel upon seeing it, what I have found [...]
About Lens Choice
My most common lens of choice is a a Canon 16-35mm 2.8 L series. This lens is remarkably sharp across all aperture settings and provides me with a great deal of flexibility when shooting wide and up close. Mounted to the front of a camera with a 1.6 multiplication factor, At it’s longest setting 35mm [...]
What’s a Work Statement? Should I Write One?
I have recently produced a new series of work titled, Ornamental, and it’s just that, decorative. Or is it more? I could and have conjured up a statement for the work but does that change what the work is? This series explores notions of the intangible. What defines an object’s physical form? What constitutes a [...]
Gifts a Plenty
Christmas is upon us and gifts are a plenty. But have you thought about giving the gift of fine art? In this rare form of gift giving you not only bless the recipient of said gift, you leave a lasting impression of quality and originality that lives beyond the season. Perhaps there’s something special right [...]
Studio Portraits with Pets
Greg and Mingus The two friends sat to me in the comfort of their own home. By shooting in a place familiar to them, Greg and Mingus were able to relax and enjoy the sitting. Below are my results. Photography’s great difficulty lies in the necessary coincidence of the sitter’s revealment, the photographer’s realization, the [...]
Inspiration Found In Unexpected Places
Inspiration comes to us in the the most unexpected places. It was during a visit to the coast with Thea on a rainy day in November that I happened upon the work of Ruth Silverman. Her photographs of nests–empty and set on a subtle background of gray caught my attention. The work, Little Homemakers, spoke to my desire of beauty and it left me wanting more. I could not spend enough time looking at the delicate and open narrative of the images.