Welcome.

One of the miracles of photography is that it is a four-way experience. I have found that there is an almost mystical relationship between my taking a photograph and the subject of the photograph.

One part of the relationship is technical: the lighting, composition, colors,shadows, exposure, depth of field, shutter speed, and getting the picture in focus. All of that is critical to a good picture.

But then there are the more subtle parts.

When you take a persons picture, the photographer is not only seeing the subject, but the subject is in relationship with you and is seeing you back. So the capturing of an image at the highest sense of the word is really, in a good way, capturing the Spirit of the person or object and of capturing the interaction between you and them. What the photographer sees is only a part of the picture. Who and what they see back is the other part.

And the same thing applies to the bioanimistic nature of the world. IfI take a picture of a rock, I'm really taking a picture of the relationship between me and the rock, but also the relationship that the rock, mountain, river, or animal has with me.

So when I've been taking the photos I just put into my album, I chose those photos that show that relationship with what I was taking the pictureof. To feel and perhaps to capture the deep heart connection I was feeling for the "object" or animal I was photographing.

And then comes the forth part of the equation. When a third party views the finished photograph and is given the opportunity to enter the story that occurred when the photograph was taken. To be allowed to enter that magical moment when the shutter is pushed, when the photographer, the subject, the camera, and the view become one.

Thank you for sharing these moments with me.

All of the photos in my gallery can also be ordered as signed fine-art Gyclee prints on the paper or medium of your choice. Please email me at acudoc(at)acudoc.com for more information.