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A Photographer

A while back someone once asked me why I do photography. This caught me a little off guard as I never really thought about why I do it. It's just something that is so much a part of my life that I cannot imagine being without a camera in hand. Even while simply walking down the street I find myself unconsciously examining the quality and direction of light.

Photography allows me to capture something that would not normally be seen. Maybe it's a different perspective or distortion caused by a lens, or a manipulation of natural or artificial light. Photography also captures that one moment that will never be seen again.

All of the people I've met and places I've traveled have changed my life. I look back at my photographs and those moments come back into vivid reality. This site is an attempt to share these experiences with you. So come on in and take a look around. Feel free to drop me an email or post a comment.

Dohee Lee – Deep Sea

f/2.8, 1/80, 70-200mm at 200mm, iso 3200

f/2.8, 1/80, 70-200mm at 200mm, iso 3200

Dohee Lee gave another great performance at her work in progress show “Deep Sea”. Sight lines at this venue were rather limited so I tried to isolate performers in the frame and relied heavily on the 70-200mm. I thought about adding on a 1.4 converter to get in even closer but the loss of a stop would have been too much. I was already shooting at iso 3200-4000 and could only get a max shutter speed of 1/125 sec.

More photos after the jump…

f/2.8, 1/15, 70-200mm at 90mm, iso 500

f/2.8, 1/15, 70-200mm at 90mm, iso 500

f/2.8, 1/80, 70-200mm at 200mm, iso 4000

f/2.8, 1/80, 70-200mm at 200mm, iso 4000

f/2.8, 1/125, 24-70mm at 52mm, iso 4000

f/2.8, 1/125, 24-70mm at 52mm, iso 4000

f/2.8, 1/20, 70-200mm at 110mm, iso 400

f/2.8, 1/20, 70-200mm at 110mm, iso 400

f/2.8, 1/4, 70-200 at 130mm, iso 320

f/2.8, 1/4, 70-200 at 130mm, iso 320