I am inspired by dichotomies, especially in nature: hard and soft, dark and light, weak and strong, and so on. The simultaneous complexity and simplicity of nature fascinates me. When I feel a visceral response to an everyday sight, I am motivated to capture that image.

Photography is the tool by which I explore my visual voice. I shoot both film and digital, enjoying both the experience of chemical darkroom processing and computer based digital processing. Most of my film work is done in black and white, as I find there’s a timeless beauty to a film print that I’ve yet to see duplicated in digital processing. The majority of my color prints are shot digitally. I believe in capturing the best possible image in camera, prior to processing. I also enjoy experimental photography, and am currently exploring avenues in infrared film photography and pinhole photography.

The biggest challenge for me is to make pictures that reproduce for others what my mind’s eye saw on location.