Behind the lens
| Artist Statement: My photography is a balance of technical and aesthetic, of capturing a scene and how I felt at that moment. It’s a balance of light and dark, of foreground and background and of emotion. It’s a very personal process. I prefer black and white. The personal part of my process is using the tools and technology available to create the image that I saw, my interpretation of that scene. Everyone will see things a little differently, so when you look at my work, you are seeing the world through my eyes, my interpretation of places, of people and of feelings. George DeWolfe was a student and then assistant to Ansel Adams. I attended a workshop led by Mr. DeWolfe where we were schooled in the translation of the Zone System to a digital workflow. It was a turning point in my work and how I see the scene, how I shoot and how I print. It’s looking at the representation of light and how it reacts to objects or the overall scene. That light creates tones of black and white and defines those shapes and spaces. The bottom-line for me is to capture with my camera that moment in time and then with Lightroom and Photoshop, transform what the camera had captured, to what I saw and how I felt. As long as I can remember and as far into the future as I can see, photography was and will play a vital role in my life. I see my life in images, I remember my life in images. It’s not a hobby or a profession, it’s one of my senses. Technical: Camera - Canon EOS D-1 Mark III Software - Lightroom, Photoshop Printing - Epson Stylus Pro 3880Papers - Hanhnemuhle, Epson, Crane Recent Training: George DeWolfe - The Black and White Master Print Rodney Smith - Images of Grace, The Black and White Master Portrait Josh Withers - Photoshop for Photographers, Advanced Photoshop Norman Mauskopf - Interpreting the World in Black and White Awards: * Excellence in Photography, 2011 "Art on the Square", Lake Forest, IL * Honorable Mention, 2011 "Inaugural Photography Exhibition", Howard Young Art Gallery * Honorable Mention, 2011 "Up North Seasons Exhibit", Howard Young Art Gallery |
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