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I love photography. And everything about it.

I love picking up one of my cameras and popping a fresh roll of refrigerated film (or a memory card) into it and going out. The weight, the heft. My hand wrapped around the electro/mechanical tool.

I love exploring alleys around my home and my city and finding something new every time. The architecture, the daily characters I meet. My eye guiding my feet and my hand pointing the way.

I love photography. And everything about it.

I love picking up one of my cameras and popping a fresh roll of refrigerated film (or a memory card) into it and going out. The weight, the heft. My hand wrapped around the electro/mechanical tool.

I love exploring alleys around my home and my city and finding something new every time. The architecture, the daily characters I meet. My eye guiding my feet and my hand pointing the way.

I love revisiting spots I've shot before and finding something new. The graffiti that will soon be painted over, a new perspective. Looking here and there, seeing what others miss.

I love the sound of the mirror flipping and the shutter firing as I click the release. The click-crish, the chunk-whoosh. Mechanical perfection timing out the exposure.

I love the reaction I get from the people who get featured in my photographs. A laugh, a smile. Connections with strangers who I've befriended but will never know.

I love watching my photographs come to life in chemistry and binary. The quick slip of paper into developer, the whip of a slider. Reality altering and art emerging.

I love the smell of vanilla scented stop bath and the sting of fresh fixer in the darkroom.

I love sharing my photographs with the world. A friend's smile and a stranger's praise.

I love the people I've met in my journey. The wild and the reserved.

I love that I can- for a moment- become one with another. I love stealing souls. Whether it's desired or not. For that moment in time, for that moment in history, they're mine.

I love that I can be alone and be surrounded by my friends at the same time and be okay with it thanks to my photography. A friendship based on a moment eternalized by a single click and a series of actuations. I love the gears and the springs firing in unison. A perfect brigade. The most ideal combination of art and science.

I don't claim to be the best. I don't even claim to be that good. I just love what I do.

I love that I can see again. I love that I'm no longer blind. I love photography.

Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.

Nikon D40
18mm, f/8, 3 sec, ISO 200

Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.

Nikon D40
18mm, f/16, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200

Taken during a weekend meetup with Thomas Hawk in my hometown of Houston.

Nikon D40
18mm, f/16, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200

This photograph was made when I went roadtripping across the Southwestern United States back in the summer of 2011.

This photograph was taken at Arches National Park just outside of Moab, Utah. The drive around the park truly is amazing; the National Park Service should consider using it as another advertisement point for Arches.

Nikon D40
55mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO 200

This photograph was made when I went roadtripping across the Southwestern United States back in the summer of 2011.

This photograph was taken at Carlsbad Caverns just outside of Carlsbad, New Mexico. It's a wonderful walk around the cave with natural structures that are just completely unreal.

Nikon D40
18mm, f/8, 26.2 sec, ISO 400