Who am I...

I am an Engineer with a Photography hobby currently located in Houston Texas after 18 years of globe trotting.

I have taken my family all around the world, living in different countries and traveling to see places we could not live. This is where I picked up photography, something initially easy to take with me from place to place.  It was something that I could pick up and put down quickly as the demands of my job dictated.  As a went from Digital back to film, the equipment became larger, heavier and the darkroom sealed my fate to one of cumbersome movements.  Yet I persisted and after almost 18 years living a nomadic life, we have returned to Houston to start a new chapter.  

I decided to keep a blog in order to keep in touch with family, but soon this grew into a desire to share what I am learning in the wonderful hobby of photography.

This is about my documentation of what I am learning and where I am in my own photographic journey.

Every photographer goes through their own journey and while there are similarities, this art form is broad enough to give us the freedom to meander our way.  So this is my documentation of my own meandering thoughts and learnings.

The picture to the right is of my office in London.  I took this shot with a Zenit Horizon (Russian made Panorama camera) that I was trying out.  

It was the first office outside of my career that I truly enjoyed.  It was small, but it had a wonderful window that let in some amazing light.  As a photographer I really appreciate light.  It makes the room.

The Reason for it All

​Photography, by its very nature, is made to share. It is of very little enjoyment to keep images to yourself. A good photo will stand in testament of where you are in your development of a style and should be shared with friends and other photographers. For those who are looking for natural ability, you will find none here.  But talent is easy, it is inherited by the lucky, but in the absence of talent we can only find hard work and relentless effort.

I cannot call what I do work as I love it. I shoot a great deal of film but do love the digital take on the world as well. Each as a unique feel to it which is wonderful to explore. 

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