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Photography is as important to the start of a project for me as sketching out the design of a website or drawing roughs to plan for an illustration, besides just being an art form by itself that I like to create. I take my camera anywhere, never knowing what I might find, from a curious furry friend of mine, to a ghetto-ized Volvo station wagon, or antique doorknockers in my family's cabin, to a lightning storm on the shores of Lake Michigan.
My photography portfolio on the next four pages shows a wide range of black-and-white photographs, color photos, and the techniques I use for special effects: timed exposures for nighttime and indoor images in low light conditions, and the use of filters to eliminate glare and fog and to add contrast & saturation. Much of my black-and-white photography I developed and printed myself on fiber-based archival paper, when I had access to my college's darkroom labs; the rest of my black-and-white work, as well as my color photography, was developed and then either printed or engraved onto PhotoCDs by a local service bureau.
This gallery will grow in size as I add more photographs to my portfolio. I will keep updating this page with the best out of each roll I shoot.
My photography portfolio on the next four pages shows a wide range of black-and-white photographs, color photos, and the techniques I use for special effects: timed exposures for nighttime and indoor images in low light conditions, and the use of filters to eliminate glare and fog and to add contrast & saturation. Much of my black-and-white photography I developed and printed myself on fiber-based archival paper, when I had access to my college's darkroom labs; the rest of my black-and-white work, as well as my color photography, was developed and then either printed or engraved onto PhotoCDs by a local service bureau.
This gallery will grow in size as I add more photographs to my portfolio. I will keep updating this page with the best out of each roll I shoot.
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Any reproduction or distribution of the artwork presented here without the prior consent of the artist is strictly prohibited.
All brand names mentioned here remain the property of those companies. Artist claims no rights to any registered trademarks or service marks.