Warming Trends
I grew up, photographically speaking, on black and white. Numerous hours were spent in the darkroom honing my craft. I have become a better photographer due to my printing my own work. The darkroom hours helped me to develop my vision. Not only did I search for images while with my camera, but I spent many hours with the enlarger searching my images for the real photographs. I wish all new photographers could have those experiences. They changed the way that I view the world… in a good way.
I began photographing in color only after starting to photograph digitally. I still use my black and white mentality when working in the field, but often when I return to my digital darkroom (office and computer) I find the color to be a very important part of the images. So I started leaving the color in. It has been a fun and rewarding journey that has led me to explore avenues that I think I may not have tried before. I now see more than tones, I see the warm and cool hues that work together with the tones in an image to create mood and feeling. My life has been enhanced through the use of color.
My use of color has led me in recent months to explore abstract color photography as a means of expression. I guess that should not surprise me as I have always loved abstract art. I love the work of Piet Mondrian as well as that of Jackson Pollock. In my photographs I see more than just abstract design, I see feelings and relationships. I see warmth as the sun breaks through the clouds and and warms the sand as the cool water recedes. The water and sand mix and blend along the shoreline, just as humans mix and blend their lives throughout the days and years of their existence. There is meaning in everything, we must just search to find it. My Shorelines and Horizons series of photographs have been just that, an outward expression of innermost feelings and passions. They have become more than just photographs, they are pieces of me.
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