A Photographer’s Journal …
Entry # 1 - Instead of using the camera only to reproduce objects, I wanted to use it to make what is invisible to the eye, visible. - Wynn Bullock
And so the questions began. Can a simple photograph evoke in the viewer more than what is actually there on the paper? In 2015 I began a quest to make photographs that would resonate with the viewer, tell a story using light and shadow and bring into the viewer's mind's eye, emotion and meaning. A compelling image synthesizes the soul of the photograph with the experience and emotions of the viewer.
The purpose of art, and especially a photograph, is to provide a pathway for truth - both visual and verbal.
Entry # 2 - After working for several days, both in the fog and out, I realized nearly all the photographs I make are visualized and taken as if they will be printed on paper. With today’s post processing tools, a photographer can create the beautiful image he visualized before he/she pressed the shutter. It’s still important to know the basics of photography, but it’s even more important to know how to post process in the digital darkroom the way it was visualized before the shutter was clicked. Ansel Adam once said: “ I am a so-so photographer, but I am a “hell of a printer.” He believed it was as important to make the original negative as competently as possible, but the real magic manifested itself was in the print. Producing a well done, and elegant print that completes the visualization cycle is to me, primary to expressing the meaning or the story behind the photograph.