When I started this venture over two years ago I wasn’t sure what to think. I just knew that I was finishing school and wanted to step right into a career with my camera. And that I did! I learned a lot, made connections, and realized I loved what I was doing. Now I’m photographing houses in Ocean and Monmouth Counties for realtors, flippers, and builders everyday.
"A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it."
A favorite quote of mine by Edward Steichen that speaks in such a simplistic way of that special moment in time when a portrait is captured.
Traveling to a new place is always exciting to me for so many reasons. On this day in Naples, Florida I felt like I stepped into a Dr. Seuss book.
I could get lost in the woods looking at the little details or for the perfect dappling of light. That is where I am the happiest.
The peacefulness that comes over you when you are working at night is incredible. I can only compare it to the feeling you get when you first step outside after a big snow fall. Living in a populated area after growing up on a mountain makes me appreciate these quiet moments so much more.
A recent trip to the High Line with the Art Club at Monmouth University made me realize how much my camera can separate me and how much it can connect me at the same time. On this day I started walking the High Line with a group. I'm not sure at what moment it became just my camera and myself but it didn't take very long at all. When I reached the undesignated meeting point near the end it took a few moments to drag myself back into reality. I like very much being in the world where all outside noises melt away, a place where searching for patterns and textures is all that matters.
Home for more than half my life, there is so much that I love about living on the shore. I think the thing I like the most is how the same place can be so different depending on the time of day or the weather. The unpredictability of the ocean is what draws me in, time and time again.
An under-appreciated existence in my eyes. One that all of us, that live by the sea, should appreciate more than we do. I find such a beauty in the vessels that carry the men out to the sea where they hunt and fish for the substance that provides so much for so many that live by the sea.
In most of photography, we are capturing what is already there. With Staged Photography you are captured a moment that was created specifically for the camera. After it is photographed it will be changed back to how it is supposed to be or erased altogether and the only way to prove it existed is by looking back on the photographs.
The finest little details are a reminder of just how incredible this world that we live in is.
There are a few spots that I like to revisit around the area but only so many times one can just take a picture there before they feel like there isn't any more to capture. I have recently gotten into long exposures and like the dream like effect it has on already dreamy spots in our local landscape.
I had the opportunity to do the first part of my photography internship with Wingspan Media and Richard Steinberger Photography. The 2nd annual Red Can Graffiti Jam took place this July in Eagle Butte, South Dakota at the Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park.
Thanks everyone for a fun night! I hope you like the pictures. I'm giving you permission to take them right off of my website for your own use. That is only for this album. Thank you!
