I have been a generalist commercial photographer and a fashion/beauty photographer. I love portraiture and exploring the beauty that people can project. I guess I love it all. Well, almost all types of photography. I don't go underwater, and I don't fly in airplanes that have propellers. I also am not an event shooter and my brief brush with weddings was happily, well... brief.

I am also not a gear-head. I like my equipment, but I like the images produced even better. I rarely sit around discussing pixel dimensions and theoritical sharpness of f-4 when shooting a Kodiak above the 23 parralell or any of that. I like pictures. I am not really interested in what kind of camera or flash or doohickey someone used. Does the image move me or not. Does it captivate me or not.

As a way of introducing myself and my work here, I have decided to show how a very simple concept... the concept of "Subject Centric Lighting " works itself in a simple, natural light head shot. Subject Centric Lighting is what I am thinking of when starting my setup. I think subject out instead of light in. What is the result of the light, and then how do I create that result is the methodology I use on a lot of my shots.

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