Inspired early on by the likes of Canadian Photographer Freeman Patterson, particularly by his book entitled Photography -The art of seeing, my work has progressed through time.

Through such inspirational exposure to Patterson and other visionaries, photography has become more than a journey of technical progress but one that utilizes the fundamentals, then applying them to develop photographic art and capturing spiritual qualities in images.

Photographic art separates minute nuances from the vastness of scenes, be it in nature, landscape, people, the street, or the abstract.

As said by Al Paccino,” It’s easy to fool the eye, but it’s hard to fool the heart.” Artistic photographs do not capture and technically document. They heighten the awareness of the elements that exist with uniqueness of a moment in time yet often never to be experienced or recreated again. Every artistic photograph should enhance an inherent emotion that prevailed in a scene but perhaps was masked. In a sense photographic art is the unmasking of what the eye sees but the heart does not fully feel. It’s the concentration of focus on elements. Photographic art is the capture and collision of elements be it a few or many, to accentuate emotions. Sometimes positive and sometimes startling emotions. In effect it often leaves the viewer pondering more about the image and how it came to be and where it may lead. It engages and stimulates the heart and mind.

I don’t favor forced drama in my images. It’s a personal choice I suppose. I avoid over manipulation through post processing. I respect and honour reality as it is found and only marginally edit to enhance emotion. Colours should feel honest and immersive. Images must feel intimate, grounded and above all real.

Please take pleasure in my images.