Christmas Morning

The Piano Window Light

"The photographic enthusiast likes to lure us into a darkened room in order to display his slides on a silver screen. Aided by the adaptability of the eye and by the borrowed light from the intense projector bulb, he can achieve those relationships in brightness that will make us dutifully admire the wonderful autumn tints he photographed on his latest trip. As soon as we look at a print of these photographs by day, the light seems to go out of them. It is one of the miracles of art that the same does not happen there. The paintings in our galleries are seen one day in bright sunshine and another day in the dim light of a rainy afternoon, yet they remain the same paintings, ever faithful, ever convincing. To a marvelous extent they carry their own light within. For their truth is not that of a perfect replica, it is the truth of art."

Winter Window

Something Bee-utiful

Cassie & Joe

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Tara & Neil
October 31, 2008
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Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Neil and Tara

I wanted to thank you for allowing me to be your photographer.  It was wonderful to have shared your special day with you both. Your family is now complete! I wish you the best of luck and every marriage takes work as I am sure you know, but when things are not a bed of roses I hope you both look back on this day and remember the great love you have for one another. I hope that whenever you see these photographs it takes you back to that day when you said “I DO” and forever became man and wife.  

October 31, 2008

Tara and Neil

From Light to Emulsion - to the digital era.

I started out with a Pentax k-1000 and some black and white film. I developed my own prints in a high school dark room. A family member gave me a Pentax Plus- which I still have and use today. Currently, most of what I do is EOS Canon digital, but some of these below are 35mm film. Can you tell the difference? Some say look at how far we have come with digital photography. It no longer takes a genius to operate a camera- allowing millions to own and opperate with ease.  SLRs have become much more easy to use in the last few years and have come down in price. People mention ISO/ASA or shutter speed and have no idea what you are talking about. All these things are now just lingo for those who still remember the good ole days- when good film was hard to find and photography was a life style. Not to say that this no longer exists, but it is rare- maybe making it all the more important to hold on to a little of the past. 

Little Bit of Everything