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<h2 class="animated animated-fadeInUp has-foreground-color has-text-color">About Me</h2>
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<p class="has-text-align-left animated animated-fadeInUp">I have over 35 years of experience in photography, and still delight to pick up a camera. I have shot many weddings, bridal and wedding portraits, family portraits, special events and performances, model portfolios, landscapes, and some commercial work (including pipe-laying in West Virginia from a helicopter). I enjoy people, and I put them at ease in front of the camera – and the results show! I have a strong artistic streak and a creative imagination, often coming up, on the fly, with ideas that work. With good images, I enjoy creating unique digital art that showcases the person and his or her accomplishments and interests. My chief desire is to have you happy with the results. Call me today, and we can discuss what you have in mind: 412-418-6349.</p>
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<h2 class="animated animated-fadeInUp has-foreground-color has-text-color">Artist's Statement</h2>
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<p>At the risk of sounding pretentious, I thought I’d tell you a little bit about what I think of art, and photographic and graphic art. What I say may resonate with you.</p>
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<p>For me, the best visual art is what moves you, but you can’t explain exactly why.<br></p>
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<p>As you can see from my sample images, I do not have just one “style.” There’s a reason for that. Michelangelo observed that “every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” One could say similarly about photography, that every scene or subject calls for a particular treatment. Sometimes the client knows exactly what he or she wants, and the task is straightforward. Sometimes, if the client is willing, it can be the task of the photographer or graphic artist to show the possibilities of an imaginative treatment<em>, </em>something that <em>works, </em>perhaps surprisingly.<br></p>
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<p>Beyond the framing and composition of the shot, the choice of lens, and of camera settings – do I want that nice <em>bokeh </em>(blurring) in the background? – there is the post-processing of the image, with its many possibilities. Does the image work really well in a warm black &amp; white? Toned? With a particular digital filter? Does this lens, with its high-key diffusion, make the elements in the image sing? What about long exposures, with subject movement out of the frame? Or In-Camera Movement (ICM)? With composite works (those with more than one image), how well do the images fit together? Do they tell a story? Will this treatment fit with the intended location for the print?<br></p>
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<p>Many of these things are matters of taste and practicality. If you like anything in what you see, it is quite likely that I can create something similar, but unique, for you. My goal is to provide you with something that continues to please you every time you see it.</p>
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