Silence
A photograph that has no emotional impact is just a pretty picture. I have made a lot of pretty pictures in my life, but I hope that I have also created my share of meaningful images. I love photography. I love nature. Photographing is what I have always done and I will continue to do throughout my life. I got my first camera when I was about 8 years old and the journey began. At that time I made a lot of snapshots. I was documenting my life. My vision has changed and now I shoot to create images of what I feel. I search for meaning in my images. I often find myself in my photographs. Not physically, but emotionally.
This particular image makes me feel something. It has a darker tonal range, yet the sky maintains some bright tones and has a sense of mystic about it. The dominance of cool colors and a few warm reflections from the setting sun scattered throughout. A world turned upside down with a few feelings of hope scattered about. It is about searching, reaching for something better, improving oneself, progressing. The composition supports this train of thought as you move from the rocks on the shore to the plants in the water to the trees reflecting the light from the setting sun and then progressing into the eeriness of the stormy sky.
I don’t often talk about what my images say or mean to me, as I like to let the viewer decide for themselves what the meaning is. Know this, though, that I am always photographing from the heart. I am passionate about what I do. I lose myself while photographing and often do not see the meaning right away. It is after the image is completed and I look into it and find myself, my thoughts and feelings, speaking quietly to my heart. This is how I work. This is me.
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