Hello and thanks for visiting. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Welcome to my first blog post.
Thought I would start this adventure with a favorite photo, timely for the season, titled, "Humboldt Park In Winter." I'm using it as a holiday email greeting card to clients and friends. They seem to like it a lot. However, you should be warned that one stock agency describes it as, "Noise/Grain/Chromatic or other artifacts due to low light, blue or purple fringing, high ISO, over-sharpening or post processing techniques." Duh! Yes, I did a lot of work on that image. That's how it got to look as good as it does. (I'll address the issues of noise and post processing techniques in another post.) I will keep offering it for sale anyway. When the limited edition print price passes $10,000 at auction I am sure they will be embarrassed.
This blog starts a search to discover why I shoot the subjects and scenes I shoot. Here is what I know so far...
I always wanted to be a photographer. Always.
I was originally inspired by the weekly arrival of LIFE magazine when I was a kid. My first photo hero was Alfred Eisenstaedt. The first fashion photographer I noticed was Richard Avedon because he made his models look like people and his style was documentary. Danny Lyon, Shomei Tomatsu, and Sebastiao Salgado were the documentary shooters who most inspired me when I was getting started.
I believe that a good photo moves the viewer, touches her emotionally.
The best quote heard recently was made by Chase Jarvis who said, "the best camera in the world is the one you carry." I also remember a mantra heard long ago, "shoot a lot and show the best."
I shoot pictures because I have to. It feels right. I am most at ease and feel most satisfied when I am shooting.
Kindness, respect and curiosity are the qualities needed to shoot my best portraits.
I am inspired by light, lines and designs. I see order and design everywhere, even in chaos. Always have. Thought it was a curse for too long.
I shoot to deepen my understanding of people and to give meaning to my life.
That's enough for a first posting.
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