BEHIND THE LENS

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Photography has been part of my life on and off for more than 40 years. I first learned this creative art when I was living in San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato, Mexico in the 1970s. There, I studied art, photography, and Spanish at the Instituto Allende, and had my first encounter with black and white photography. I learned to  develop film and to work inside a darkroom. Composition and lighting were my guideposts.

 

In the late 1980s and early 1990s I studied with the renown photography and teacher, John Upton. I learned about studio lighting and portrait photography. It was then that I also fell in love with the environmental portraiture genre.

 

When I returned to photography after having left it for a period to pursue other creative arts (dance and music mostly), I found myself in the digital era, which had dramatically changed the landscape of photography. I find digital photographing somewhat freeing, but I still find myself always going back to my guideposts of composition and lighting.

 

A great deal of thought and creativity go into my compositions. I love being able to capture an image that tells a story or reveals an emotion. I've traveled extensively, and each time I travel my perspective expands and my ability to observe becomes more finely tuned.  For me, being open to experiences is the best way to capture moments with my camera. 

 

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