I am a conceptual fine art photographer.
I started my photography journey taking pictures of my daughter in 2001. When I received my first DSLR I had to take a class at a local college to learn how to use it. I was hooked! I started looking at photographer’s work, wondering if I could do something like that.
I stopped documenting our lives and started to create alternate realities. I put my daughter on a flying carpet, inside an hourglass, in other dimensions. The list goes on. That was just the start of the journey to where I am and what I create today.
I try to take my pictures on location, but sometimes I take them in my living room. Today’s technology allows me to take my model and put them wherever I want, and all from the comfort of my living room! The ideas are limitless and the technology of editing allows me to push those limits.
I love to shop at thrift stores to find the perfect outfit for the model and if I have something specific in mind and I cannot find it, I will make it. It’s all about trying to take what I see in my mind and create an image that I can share with you.
As you explore these images, you will see that my ideas range for the whimsical (sitting on a tower of books in the sky while reading a book) to downright scary (an ethereal little girl in a graveyard looking into you and telling you to “Shhhh”). Many of my images are darker, but a lot of my images are metaphors for something else. That’s why there is a story with the image.
I want to take you with me into my dreams. I will create the visual for you, but you need to create the story to go along with it. Think of it like a strange picture book that you suddenly are thrust into. What will your narrative be? I try to share my thoughts around an image, but they can mean so much more to you.