And it begins…  This is the first entry of my blog,  of my road to discovering photography.

I have been shooting for a few years (about 3 years since I got my first SLR) it’s defiantly been a scary, yet inspiring and eventful experience and I still get nervous as hell before I shoot.   But this journey, this winding road full of twists turns, and hidden paths it’s teaching me a lot about people, life, overcoming adversity and even more about myself, who I am, what I want and what I’m willing to do to get it.

Even though I’ve been very ambitious about my journey into photography making a decent living doing it still seems far away.  I have a part time job as a consultant/developer in new media which pays the bills and I enjoy it but I would rather spend all my time taking photographs and playing with my Alien Bees (great lights for those who are getting started and don’t have $10,000 – $20,000 to spend on a Speedotron or Profoto setup).

I started assisting a photographer about 5 years ago, I’ve been doing post/retouching for a lot longer than shooting so I brought a strong sense of composition and lighting to the table but execution and technical know-how that, I had to learn and am still just beginning to understand the scope of whats possible if you push yourself.

Weather it’s a soft beautiful gaze, or a misty dew filled flower being kissed by the morning sun.. Photography is an art and it’s all about light, understanding how it works and how to use it to tell the story you want told.