jsv_foto's photostream  

Thanks for visiting my profile! I hope you enjoy the pictures in my stream and in my sets.

Photography has been one of my passions since high school. I started out in the days of film, and have worked and played with point & shoots, slrs, digicams, tlrs, and dslrs...

I love to travel, as should be apparent from my stream. While travel photography is something I really enjoy, I much prefer taking pictures of bees and children.

Why those two? Because both of them bring me back (and I hope you as well) to the awe and wonder we once owned, that amazement of catching a glimpse of resplendent majesty in the simplest of things, a smile, a twinkling eye, a flying bee covered in pollen, a purple sky with flying birds to close the day.

I've always believed that a great picture should always tell a story, either about a place, a person, an event, an idea, or an object. A story is what connects people, regardless of culture. It is what allows people from different walks of life to realize that no matter how big or small, not matter how high or low, we all share a common destiny, a common thread in the past, and a common ground to learn from each other.

Children and bees are my story. Why you ask? Why aren't they yours?

You can see my work and read my reviews of gear (I'm a bit of a gear nut) over at my website: JSVFOTO