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Well, I just really enjoy taking photos. I enjoy sharing them and explaining my techniques with everyone... Other than that I am just a pretty easy going guy looking for the next great adventure.

Also, do not be surprised if I make you a contact after you make me one... I think if you are that interested in my photography than I should be in yours, too. And I really enjoy looking at other's photos to learn new techniques and/or perspectives on how to view something. So thank you to my contacts!!

My two favorite quotes both by Alfred Eisenstaedt that really describe how I feel when I have a camera in my hand:

People will never understand the patience a photographer requires to make a great photograph, all they see is the end result. I can stand in front of a leaf with a dew drop, or a rain drop, and stay there for ages just waiting for the right moment. Sure, people think I'm crazy, but who cares? I see more than they do!

We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant. When such an instant arrives, I react intuitively. There is, I think, an electronic impulse between my eye and my finger. But even this is not enough. I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have become a photographer.

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