Life Through The Lens

I can't recall a day when I haven't taken a picture. Sometimes I see the image burned in my mind so clearly when I snap the shutter that perhaps I feel it will help me hold onto this moment. —Cheesy, but true. As if the medium were not limitlessly fascinating in and of itself, we are currently living in a photographic renaissance. The digital world is upon us and most professionals have now made the leap. As a highschool graduation gift my dad bought me a (1986, film-based) SLR. Since then I have had a variety of cameras and lenses, each one an entirely new ergonomic treat of gadgetry that becomes so familiar in my hands that it feels like a tool in seeing the world. Additionally, the connection with other photographers is a surprise: I'll be pulled over on the highway shooting some mindbending western squawl and moments later a gray-bearded fellow will pull up wink, and go about his business. I have been lucky to carve out a niche where I am able to sell my images on a fairly regular basis —oftentimes as an added service to my clients whose story I am telling. As an Art Director, I tend to hire photography, but in short it's a great tool for me to fill in the gaps. I am at a loss without my cameras. But, when I am without my cameras I am highly sensitive to the beauty of the world and aware that I should never miss the natural and fleeting composition of life.