man oh man.  it doesn’t seem like it, but this thing was very difficult to write...

I’m not going to fluff or pad my work with big frilly words or mystical phrases left open for interpretation.  This is my artist statement, as simple as possible. 

I make pictures for myself.  I use photography to document the little stories in my life; to convey my interpretation of the world around me.  These pictures are images seen through my eyes, with the help of my camera.  

There is no particular subject that I concentrate on.  Everything is equally of interest to me.  I will photograph anything that catches my eye.  It could be a certain color, a unique pattern, facial expressions, or something that just crossed my mind as “neat”.  At times I’ll experiment just to see if an idea will work.  I photograph everything with the same mentality – do it as best I can. 

I enjoy exploring photography.  I love photography for the challenge it provides.  The challenge is to capture my vision in a photograph.  Seize a split second experience and make it forever – just like I saw it.  Success is the viewer making the same connection to the subject as I did when I took the picture.

I can only hope when someone views my work, they think what I did when I photographed it, “that’s pretty cool.”

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