If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire.

There still is some opposition to it in some museums and art schools, but I think photography has really grown into a mature art form.

Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens, trusting the instrument will 'capture' something 'seen.' The terms shoot and take are not accidental; they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term make define a condition of empathy between the external and the internal events.

It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.

I hope that my work will encourage self expression in others and stimulate the search for beauty and creative excitement in the great world around us.

Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as complete as many imagine.

Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.