Make Art For You First

The bottom line is, if you don’t connect with your work because you’re trying to satisfy some other formula, you are doing it wrong. I’ve finally gotten away from that way of thinking. I used to worry a lot about what others would think.That way of thinking is completely destructive to creativity. I no longer try to satisfy anyone but me.

Judges in a competition always want to see detail in shadows for instance. They lose their minds if they can’t see it, they can’t handle mystery in an image. I have heard comments to this issue a lot over the years. I heard it just recently regarding an image I am placing in an exhibition. I like shadows, I learned when shooting live music that shadows have to be shadows sometimes, and I like it.

Decide On Your Subject And Feature It.

When presented with a large area of intense interest, I tend to try and show too much and therefore lose the subject I’m trying to feature in the first place. Peyto Lake and for that matter, many places in the Canadian Rockies are truly breathtaking! At first I was taking a pano and trying to include way too much. Grand vistas are actually very hard for that reason. When I finally had a chance to think about it, I decided that the main subject was, after all, the lake.

The Grip of Winter

I’m a little behind in my editing it seems. This photo is from awhile back to when winter was still hanging around. Some say this is how you should edit, let some time go by and distance yourself from the connection first. There are times I think that is a good approach.

Tenderness in Nature

I had been watching a family of Barred Owls near my house for a few weeks and came across this scene unfolding one day. This was the last of the family to fledge and slowly climbed up the nest tree to the top. Soon Mom came to seemingly spend a little time with the youngster before it moved from the tree. Of course she would be continuing to feed the baby for awhile but this was a big day for the little guy. She nuzzled and cuddled it for some time before heading off to find food. The baby eventually tried to fly, of course couldn’t and walked to another tree and climbed up. I had never witnessed this behaviour before and it was amazing to watch. Nature is something to witness.

Time For A Facelift

As time goes by, I often lose track of it. It’s been a long time since any significant changes in my website. The name came and the site about when I started working as a concert photographer, I needed a name to put on the site so I could upload photographs, it was that simple. I still wish to maintain a web presence so it needs to be polished further than it is. I have been busy working “under the hood” a bit recently as well as planning the future of the website. There are a couple of changes that you will see right now. I’ve done away with the “Home” page and you now land into a photo gallery right away, it’s about the photos, right? Keep an eye on the site as it evolves.