Photography

I am a very visual person. I spend much of my time looking at, around, under and beyond.

We are all often asked “imagine this” or “picture this”. I just put them together.

Photography is a big part of my life, from photographing family and friends to artistic interpretations of the natural world. I have worked as a photographer from time to time on local newspapers and have enjoyed the fun of photographing people from prime ministers to local characters with their unusual points of interest. This experience taught me about people and their own personal qualities and how to interpret these into an image. I have also done studio work with subjects from fashion to nuts and bolts, all varied subjects but with the same need, that is to deliver an image that interprets the subject to the viewer.

My photography started when at school. Chemistry wasn’t going too well for me and, when questioned by the teacher as to what I was doing there, I made the decision to leave and wander down to the art class where I had several classes a week and where a photography class was in progress. I joined in and never looked back. So thanks to my chemistry teacher for introducing me to practical chemistry, and my art teachers for teaching me how to see things differently.

Working in studios and the commercial side of photography is a discipline all of its own. You could imagine that you have control over your entire environment, creative as well as technical. This is mostly true, but I also find that, once the control has been established and documented, it doesn’t hurt to lose some control and go with a little spontaneity.

Creating images is something we all do whether it be from the words of a book, within our dreams, someone describing a situation to us or an experience they have had, just sitting there imagining we are somewhere else, or day dreaming.

Every time we create an image in our minds, it is the result of our insights or inner sights; when the camera is placed up to the eye we are ready to capture that inner sight.

As photographers we are creating images for others to understand how we see things from our perspective, or to at least allude to this.