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My photography is inspired by many things, juxtaposition, color, shape, perspective, contrast and illusion to name a few. In this site and journal, I explore and reflect on what I see, what it evokes for me, or what I was investigating. These are ongoing studies, works in progress as I continue to explore and grow in my seeing and my ability to capture moments. It's all an experiment for sure.

 

The world reveals itself in amazing and mysterious ways. I am privileged and honored to bear witness.

 

May you find inspiration and wonder in these images and musings.

 

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Roots . . .

 

Anyone remember the Brownie Hawkeye box camera? In the summer of 1968, my parents loaned me their Brownie to take on a Boy Scout trip to Arizona. Unfortunately, somewhere in that outing the back of the camera opened so I didn’t get any images. While disappointing at the time, that first experience using a camera didn't discourage me.

 

At sixteen I took my first photography class, a summer course at Santa Barbara City College. I still have negatives and black & white prints from those assignments; some of my mom reclining on a webbed patio lounge chair, and many of my other ready and willing subject, Fred, our family's pet rabbit who roamed the backyard. My sister Sue and her  boyfriend were deep into photography. Sue went on to become a photojournalist, and gets credit for inspiring the drive to Los Angeles to purchase my first "real" camera, a Pentax ME now tucked safely in a file cabinet drawer below my desk.

 

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