I've been doing photography on and off for the past 30 years or so, and I'm mostly interested in nature and architectural themes, although animals occasionally slip into the frame. I started in black-and-white film photography and learned how to do my own darkroom work. I've mostly switched to digital photography and enjoy experimenting with images. With a background in graphic arts and printing, I tend to look beyond the immediate image and try to find patterns in the world around me. Visual texture is an important element to my work, and I think that is because I still...more