Capturing a Soul

Every face tells a story and every soul has a journey. My mission is to capture a mere reflection of that soul. I use lighting and composition techniques that have inspired me in my documentary work. Environment often plays a direct role in one's personality and is often an extension of their inner being, which expresses hints of who they truly are. Ultimately I use my twenty-plus years of professional photographic experience to determine with the client how someone should be lit and where they should be photographed. Once on location I make intuitive decisions, often made on the fly, with little preparation time. At times it’s better for someone to be photographed in comfortable surroundings and in others, people are so guarded that they must be brought out of their element to capture their essence. Creativity is the result of great preparation, inspiration, and life experience. The end result is to skillfully maneuver through a subject's personality to delicately reveal a small portion of their soul at the instant I release the shutter.