The opportunity to dive deep into photography is a rather recent development, although I have enjoyed it casually for most of my life. It was my son’s high school photography class and his questions about shooting that indirectly reintroduced me to the pleasure of image making. The moment was cemented when I received a new digital camera for my 60th birthday.

As a photographer, the visually interesting elements and uniqueness of the Portsmouth seacoast area appeals to me on a deep personal level. Its history and location provide bountiful subjects, textures and settings. And the ocean and river are at the heart of some marvelous light.

While learning the technical side of my tools, I’m also striving to grow artistically. It’s the right brain-left brain aspect of photography I find particularly appealing. With the advances of digital image making, I have come to especially enjoy the challenge of capturing a good shot in-camera and then finishing it on the computer. This capability allows every individual to control the outcome of their own work, as Ansel Adams and nearly every major photographer before him did years ago.

In the end though, it’s all about the light. So my images run the gamut from bright and saturated to subtle and moody and even to the wonderfully classic shades of black & white.