About Me

                For my personal photography, which varies from architecture, automobiles, nature, everyday life to mundane objects, I tend to use up close angles, extreme depths of field, and dramatic lighting. Each type of technique can add a sense of obscurity to what I am trying to capture. Toying with these three techniques, plus digital, black and white film photography, lighting, and material, the possibilities are endless. 

               When viewing my work, my goal is to give a sense of discovery, confusion, and curiosity and for those who view it to appreciate the beauty that surrounds them every day. 

               I am a meticulous and detail-oriented person. I apply those qualities and my interest in patterns to my work. Textures are the “wallpaper” or “embellishments” of objects. They give objects and the natural world character and life to something mundane. Objects and possessions begin to show signs of wear the more they are used. Sometimes objects with wear are valued more than new ones because of the character the wear gives. As can be seen in my current work, I photograph objects, materials, and textures that have been used and worn down over years; objects that have seen life too. Many of the subjects I have used are toys and possessions from my childhood. They have all meant something to me in the past and I wanted to give them life again through my camera. 

               From my photos, I want people to feel the same nostalgia that I did when making them and perhaps the impact that an object we have forgotten long ago can make on us, and perhaps that even a beat up item from years ago can be just as beautiful as the day we bought it.