My love of photography began as a young boy with my mother’s Brownie camera in hand and a chance to take a darkroom course at my local Boys’ Club in Victoria. With that camera and access to a darkroom, with its mysterious red-lit interior and heady chemical smells that magically revealed imagery I had captured on my forays through the local neighborhood, I was hooked. Later, as a young man, I traded my camera gear for a computer - which was to become my other love - and when digital photography emerged, I was able to combine my two passions after having purchased my first Nikon digital camera. That was 25 years ago.
I began my current photographic journey in the studio, studying light and how I could work with it to achieve my effects and my intention for the human form. I studied the photos of great photographers and painters of the past, as well as the photographers I respect now.
When COVID hit, I moved outdoors, where, on Vancouver Island, I have access to some of the most verdant and spectacular scenery. It is here that I discover what the natural light does to the subject, not what I can create at will in the controlled confines of the studio. Nature provides the opportunities; I merely have to wait to recognize the moment.
