About my photography:
I first came to photography through backpacking trips
into Olympic National Park, trying to bring back a glimpse of what I saw. And,
in the circularity of fate, I found my way to the Olympic Mountains through
photography. Specifically the photography of Pat O’Hara, Art Wolfe, and Ross
Hamilton, whose images of the
Olympic backcountry enticed me to go there myself.
I use Nikon 35mm and digital cameras for my work. Right now I’m
using F5 and F100 film cameras and the D100 digital camera. I've used lenses ranging from 24mm wide angle to 500mm
telephoto. My film of choice for
landscape and close-up work is Fuji Velvia, a fine-grained, slow speed (ISO
50) slide film. For wildlife I’ve been using Fuji Provia F ISO 100 and 400
slide films.
I like working with the natural light and therefore
don’t use filters other than those that help me record the scene that
my eyes see. The filters that I do use include polarizing filters to help
eliminate distracting glare, warming filters to counteract too much blue light
that results from photographing subjects in the shade on a blue sky day, and
graduated neutral density filters, which are rectangular pieces of glass or
optical resin that are clear in one half and dark in the other. The graduated
filters help to record scenes that would otherwise be beyond the capabilities
of the film to record since film can only "see" a fraction of the range of light that
our eyes are capable of seeing.
All of my prints are made directly from the original
slide and now from digital images captured with my D100, I don’t manipulate any of my
images digitally other than to correct a scan or original capture for color
and contrast, or to repair damage to an original piece of film.
All of my images are available for licensing. Please
contact me if
you have an interest in using any of my pictures for your projects.
