Whether shooting commercial or personal work, I want my viewers to feel as though they are part of the scene; not a passive outsider peering into a world in which they have no place. They must be drawn into the moment the photograph was created. The goal is not to produce a stagnant documentary of the subject, but rather to create an image that captures what I felt the moment the moment the shutter was tripped. It is important to me that the viewer is enveloped by the emotion of the image and makes a connection with the subject. It makes no difference whether our connections are the same. In fact, the strength of my work is borne of the individual connections it elicits.Having worked in the graphic design industry for over 20 years, my eye is naturally drawn to the lines, forms, patterns and textures of nature. For me, these qualities take precedence over color, and in a sense I “see” in black and white. My images mirror the qualities of graphic design through their clean lines, organization and readability.