ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Four arranged poppies set up for the lines in the studio.

AUTHOR
With my camera I capture the beauty and wonder that surrounds us. My scope ranges from vast landscapes to close-ups of the most intricate subjects with a special emphasis on flowers. To refine my craft and extend my portfolio, photography destinations have included Japan, Southern France, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Swan Island Dahlias, Oregon, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, and many visits to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

I now find myself approaching each photograph, especially macro work, as a layered artistic journey rather than a single captured moment. A simple subject—soft natural light on a delicate blossom—becomes the foundation for a much more interpretive and intuitive process. After capturing the frame, I continue the exploration digitally: applying painterly effects in Topaz Studio 2 (often drawn to the Cézanne or Van Gogh presets), shifting color temperatures to evoke different emotional tones, rotating or distorting compositions in Lightroom, and blending layers in Photoshop to create harmonies—or sometimes tensions—that surprise me. The final result is rarely something I could have predicted at the onset, and that uncertainty has become one of the most fulfilling aspects of the experience.

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