Across the Road

Wildflower

2009 August 27

Yucca Stem

Procession

2009 July 18

Washed

Wildflowers

2009 June 12

Black-oil Sunflower

Budding

2009 July 03

Two Tiers

Circle of Flowers

2009 July 01

During the Rain

Mock Orange Tree in bloom

2009 June 17

Splash of Colour

Johnny Jump-up
Viola tricolor L.

2009 June 07

Heart

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

2009 June 06

In The Lilacs

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - male
Papilio glaucus

2009 May 26

White Rose of Sharon

Veins popping like well worn hands, sturdy, yet to the touch, silk. Bursting with life today only to wither and fall tomorrow. Another one ready to take its place.

Adjacent Series

Some proofs for a new series involving images captured one after the other. These are screenshots taken from my iPhoto Gallery and are not resized or retouched. I am intrigued by how my thought process is captured as I figure how to compose an image or if I cannot make up my mind I will make each photograph.

Discarded

These flowers cast off from their stems, fell in a row, remind me of vertebrae with the straw wildly mimicking ribs. Ants and other insects have been eating this Yucca plant before it had a chance to fully bloom this year.


Then while checking on a newly planted tree, I found a hole an animal dug revealing a section of fish vertebrae. After loading my photos I found an eerie similarity.

The Hopper and The Sunflower

I was intrigued about the colour composition and repeating shapes of this sunflower blowing in the wind. This ended up being a testament to colour and shape than to the crisp, clear image most would desire. Blur has a way of invoking the dreamy, surreal nature behind the immediate world and forces the viewer to cast aside what should be, for what truly is.

Flowers

The majority of my work revolves around found objects. I am drawn to life in its natural state. I work with flowers, but do not care for the flowers themselves but rather their naturalistic state of existence.

Flowers exist where they are and are stumbled upon in order to be seen. Whether purposely planted or random growth in nature, a flower will be only what it will be. Organics of colour and form inspire and excite the senses, which is worthy of documentation.

Holga Series

There are some who say Holga produced photographs are not real photographs. Yet these people fake the effect in Photoshop and praise their technical skills. What could there possible be that is not "real"? Light interacts with the film to produce a chemical reaction; thus negatives. Why should it matter whether the container holding the film cost $20 or $3,000, when one is creating a photograph for a specific reason?

The photographs in this series are not manipulated in Photoshop to create the effect shown. Photoshop, for this series, is used to resize, "dust," and perhaps add a touch of contrast (+1 or 2), to compensate for scanning. This series is created from expired, Kodak 120 Tmax 100 [B/W] or Kodak 120VC 400 [Colour] film. I use expired film, first because I will not throw out film, and second because of the possibility for distortion enhancement.

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