My interest in photography goes back to before college, but I did not really start to work seriously in the darkroom until that time. Since then, the pursuit has continued: primarily 35 mm, but with excursions into both medium and large format work. This was all a sideline, since my career path included, among other things, banking, real estate development and computer consulting. Through all of the "careers", however, I still worked at the photography, and attempted to improve both my images and printing skills - working in bathroom darkrooms as necessary.
Although all of my current prints are "totally digital", they are straight photographs, with no “manipulation”. The same techniques utilized in the darkroom are now done on the computer, but with less noxious and poisonous fumes - along with the ability to dodge, burn and tone with even more finesse and precision. These are essentially black and white images, but I use a toning and tinting technique that provides an additional layer of subtlety. I also purposely chose not to revisit my older images. All of my images currently on exhibition were taken over the last few years, and the majority were taken over the last two years. The digital process not only forced me to pursue a new method of producing prints, but it has made me go out and shoot new images, which has been really important to me.
