I'm an aerospace and defense entrepreneur that often finds myself in interesting places.
I always bring a camera or two. And sometimes, I capture interesting moments.
I always bring a camera or two. And sometimes, I capture interesting moments.
A bit more about my photography background
By all reasonable measures, I am a mere amateur photographer, and only take photos for my own enjoyment. When I was about 9 years old, I began film photography with a pinhole camera I made myself from a Quaker oats cardboard can, aluminum foil, and electrical tape. I captured my first few photos of some trees on a few sheets of Arista b&w photo paper - I was hooked.
After picking up an interest, the photography instructor at my father's work graciously offered me use of the darkroom, lessons in exposure, composition, and film chemistry, where I learned all the basics on the Oatmeal can pinhole device. My grandfather then gave me a Canon A-1 and a Yashica TLR medium format. I continued to shoot on those two cameras for the next 12 years.
Around 2010, when it looked like Film photography might die with Kodak's imminent bankruptcy (which occurred 2 years later), I begrudgingly switched to a Digital SLR. I've since added Digital in my skilset, and have come to appreciate it as a medium. Thankfully film has survived and thriving, for the betterment of all practicing phorographers, and the continued enrichment of the work produced by them.
I don’t shoot for clients. I shoot to make a record - places and faces as they were, not how I wish they’d be. Sometimes that’s Florida streets. Sometimes it’s fjords. Sometimes it’s places where the stakes are not theoretical. Either way, the rules are simple: light first, subject honest, composition earned, idea clear. If the picture doesn’t say “I was there,” it doesn’t stay.
After picking up an interest, the photography instructor at my father's work graciously offered me use of the darkroom, lessons in exposure, composition, and film chemistry, where I learned all the basics on the Oatmeal can pinhole device. My grandfather then gave me a Canon A-1 and a Yashica TLR medium format. I continued to shoot on those two cameras for the next 12 years.
Around 2010, when it looked like Film photography might die with Kodak's imminent bankruptcy (which occurred 2 years later), I begrudgingly switched to a Digital SLR. I've since added Digital in my skilset, and have come to appreciate it as a medium. Thankfully film has survived and thriving, for the betterment of all practicing phorographers, and the continued enrichment of the work produced by them.
I don’t shoot for clients. I shoot to make a record - places and faces as they were, not how I wish they’d be. Sometimes that’s Florida streets. Sometimes it’s fjords. Sometimes it’s places where the stakes are not theoretical. Either way, the rules are simple: light first, subject honest, composition earned, idea clear. If the picture doesn’t say “I was there,” it doesn’t stay.