“What do you want”
“I don’t know how to answer that”
“Why not?”
“I don’t know what I’m allowed to have”
Christie Tate, Group
cityscape
Allowed
Looking Ahead
“The eye that looks ahead to the safe course
is closed forever.”
Paul Atreides
Let's Airport III
I've been exploring motion in images for years, but let's be real: "motion" covers a lot of semantic ground. Camera gestures were my go-to at the beginning. We all remember that great purple cauliflower shot. Whole-body movement was a natural next step, twisting from the core instead of just my arm.
But there's a lot more to discover. Take these images, for example. Was the camera moving? No. Was I moving? No. But the plane taxi just seemed like a perfect opportunity to capture the lovely landing strip lights.
I love these lights.
Let's Airport II
I love the rainbow bokeh in these images, the unfocused points of light that make a twilight image feel festive and full of wonder. There are two extra special images I want to call out: The first image is actually two, layered on top of each other. The last image, as with much of my work, blurs the light. I'm so pleased that the blurs are completely straight. Trust me, it took a lot of wavy shots to get this one :)
Let's Airport!
From now on, I require every flight to cross the mountains and land at sunset.
Winter in Manhattan II
Are We There Yet?
From Brooklyn III
From Brooklyn
When All Is Right II
Engagement: Joanna and David
I'm sorry, does it get classier than this?
I met Joanna through All Angels Church just over a year ago. She is a delight. So of course I was *so* excited to photograph engagement photos for her and her fiancé, David.
We started in the sanctuary, where David fell in love with Joanna.
Right there, where they're sitting.
(There's some disagreement who was on the left and who was on the right - just go with it.)
From there, we went outside, to the sidewalk right next to the entrance -
where David had proposed a few short weeks ago!
No shoot is complete without some middle-of-the-avenue shots, of course...
Congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple :)
Cheers!
Bittersweet
The first moments of sunrise illuminate the world like none other.
It's like the first rays of light after a long darkness, even a long darkness you weren't sure you'd see through to the end. But the end came, and it was glorious - everything sparking and showing its color like you'd never seen.
It's like the first rays of light after a long darkness, even a long darkness you weren't sure you'd see through to the end. But the end came, and it was glorious - everything sparking and showing its color like you'd never seen.
I'm looking to capture that moment in my work - when you have fresh eyes to see and appreciate, to wonder and imagine. Not midnight, when all is dark. Not noon, when the light seems like nothing special. No - at dawn, when the light is soft and persistent, when everything is new.
See
Preview: painting in progress (abstract no 6)
Nope, that's the photograph. :)
I like this one so much, though, that I've started a painting:
Goodnight, Portland IV
Goodnight, Portland III
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| See #2 here |
Goodnight, Portland II
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| See #1 here |
Goodnight, Portland
