My Inspiration

My goal is simple, to produce a photograph that is visually appealing to me and hopefully to others.

Nature is my photographic inspiration but I love the process of setting up for and of editing an image just as much.  I am a Biochemist by training and like an experiment, the set-up, planning and data analysis are just as important.  The ways in which color, contrast, texture and composition can be combined are endless. Even the ink and paper media types can affect the feel and visual impact of a printed picture. Sometimes I like what comes right out of the camera, it’s a photograph and sometimes it can be embellished to something completely different and it becomes a digital painting.

The descriptions of most of my photographs contain information on history, setup, as well as key compositional elements.

Take your time, enjoy the journey and the end result will speak for itself.

My Medium

I consider myself a nature photographer first relying on the fundamentals of composition and solid exposure technique but will use a wide range of computer aided software and graphics processing tools to refine and in some cases completely alter a photograph from its original form. Digital painting is the term used most often to describe the use of a mixed media photograph/graphics processing approach to create an image. Everything I do starts with a photograph. Where a photograph ends and a digital painting begins is a question and discussion I will leave for others.

My Biography

I grew up in southern Maine but have spent the last 25 years living in and around Madison, WI. I am a Ph.D. Biochemist by education and profession and a nature photographer/artist through years of self-education and a few workshops taught by professionals. I bought my first film camera, a Nikon FG back in 1982 and have been shooting Nikon ever since.

Like Biochemistry which is undergoing a technical revolution, digital imaging technology and computer processing power are revolutionizing photography and expanding the art out from the hands of the professional to the imagination of photographers worldwide. It’s not hard to learn and I’m happy to share what I know.  Contact me and ask questions.