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For as long as I can remember, art has been a big part of my life. This love for the arts started young, and continued throughout high school. In high school, I was lucky enough to first be exposed to the photographic process and photography as an art form. I learned the workings of a darkroom, as well as the workings of cameras and film, but still I had only just begun to fall for the photographic process. To me, photography was an art form and a way to document just about everything I could. It was a no brainer for me to continue to follow my passion, so I majored in Photography when I attended Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana. It was there where I really learned the photographic process -- learning the workings of medium and large format, digital photography and photoshop, as well as lighting. It was in college where I really developed my personal style, my sense of humor and awareness of whats going on around me, and of course, I developed my personal voice, which quickly became the concepts behind my photographs. I was able to say things in my photography that mattered to me, about the world that surrounds myself. It was up to me what I wanted to convey, and it was my job to convey these thoughts and ideas to others; it was a way to let others into the world I saw around me; to share the beautiful, the strange, and the moments that are part of everyday but are usually overlooked.
There is something about photography I find so romantic and powerful. I love the idea of capturing light; a single moment, a progression of time; photography can do it all. To me, photography was able to do things other art forms could not. Photography is truth, and "truth"; photography can be raw, or photography can be created. The power of a lasting photograph lies within making an image that will survive the test of time and will continue to speak to people. My photography is a personal artistic tool.
I enjoy having fun with my photography -- I shoot whenever I can, whenever someone will pose for me. I like to convey my sense of humor and I like for my images to have an impact in someway ... on someone... somewhere.
Please Enjoy! :)
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