The goal of my photography is to discover the unseen by the passerby. This is much more than a simple click of the shutter; it is an entire creative process aimed at achieving the final print that not only expresses the scene, but my artistic vision. I tend to explore and survey a scene or object long before I would release the shutter. I continue to use various artistic concepts that are centuries old. The various photographic tools and techniques I use were a part of the training I received from the Ohio Institute of Photography not only in the darkroom, but in the studio...more