I've been a photographer for over thirty years now.  Much of that time I devoted myself to subjects without people.  Lines, form and texture were the emphasis and I created beautiful, graceful images. 

However, the older I get the more compelled I am to photograph humans.  From school pictures to weddings,  from clothed to not so much -- People are never boring and the range of differences between them is amazing.

Images are very simple things.  Five rules determine what makes a beautiful, moving image:  simplicity, composition, balance, framing and line. Every photographer brings their own point of view to image creation; deciding in their own way when to follow the rules and when to violate them.

When digital photography began to approximate the quality of film I began my own transition not only of image creation but also of perspective -- and I have never looked back.  My beloved Hasselblad now lives on the shelf and with it the kind of images I once made.  I embrace the creative freedom of digital imagery; and now delve more fully into mood and emotion.

Many of my images are not about the visual subject.  I find myself portraying the visual world with a metaphor of verbal tongue-in-cheek .  There are moods to be found within; a little humor, a sense of dejection, the will to live, the power of trust.  Even simple images can be more than simple.  And beauty does not depend on definitions, every man and every woman possesses a beauty that is distinctly their own. Often that beauty is not appreciated because it fails of the popular standards of beauty -- but when seen alone, apart, and distinct the beauty is undeniable.