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| BACKGROUND
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Starting
out in the 1980's with Pencil, pen&ink, oils, acrylics
and finally to oil pastels I always created dark natured images.
From skulls to scenes of mayhem i ventured into creating my
own creatures. I always felt i wasnt accurately "fleshing"
out the images that were in my head. Then the 1990's came
along and photoshop was discovered. I had taken beginning
and advanced photo(film) classes in high school , but my patience
wouldnt support a love of film. In art classes at CCAC and
high school i always disagreed with instructors about the
content and direction of my art and so I claim more to be
self taught. The same i feel is true in photography for me.
I have unconventional views about what makes a good photo.
While some maybe great at the technical aspects of photography
they typically lack the"Eye". I think you can learn
technical aspects along the way if you have an eye for things.
In basketball they say you cant teach height and i think its
the same for photography, you cant teach vision, it has to
be there. In the late 1990's i picked up a Nikon Coolpix 990
and started snapping pics of anything that would sit in front
of me. Then graduating into Digital SLR's made me start focusing
on light and shadow , the balance between. I reside in Portland
Oregon now which has a healthy undercurrent of sideshow material
to keep me running around like a madman, which i have
been described as, many times.
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| APPROACH
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Mood,
clarity and message, sometimes the art is in the reaction
and the image merely the road to it. I have a Morbid imagination
with Darkly tinged visions. Sometimes i shoot classic heesecake
with a twist sometimes i make religeous zealots email me.
I like helping out bands , independant fashion designers with
no budget, models with nowhere to start. I always vote for
the underdog. Most seek me out to darken there portfolios
hallway, this is fine it is what i do. DIFFERENT is often
used in onjunction with my work.
I
also like using Photo Therapy (im no doctor just play one
on the internet LOL), being able to change a persons mood
and they way they see themselves through a shot i take is
extremely rewarding. Also I have a current running project
I call the Model Empathy Program, where i shoot other Photographer
friends, so far Steve Diet-Goedde/Christine Kessler/Perry
Gallagher/ Hypnox/ Kevin H/Allen Faulkner and a few more coming...
maybe a book of shooters someday??
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| EQUIPMENT |
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Nikon coolpix 990
Fuji S2 Pro
Kodak Pro SLR/N
Hasselblad H1 / Leaf Valeo 17 back
Misc. Lenses Nikon mount |
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