Bio
A number of years ago, with the encouragement of my daughter, I returned to photography after a twenty-five year absence. To renew my skills and learn about advances in photography, I worked with local (Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts) photographers Roy Mansur, John Green and Robin Demetrius.
My primary interest and work is about flowers, particularly close-up or macro photography. These photographs attempt to display not only flowers as a whole and in context, but also the inner details that are not often seen. One of my goals as a photographer is to share with people the beauty in even the smallest details of nature and to inspire others to look more closely at the world around us.
Recently I have begun to expand my work by returning to my original subject matter of landscapes and adding environmental portrait photography.
For those of you interested in the technical and equipment side, all photographs were taken with Nikon (F90x) or Mamiya (RZ67) cameras. Film choices are primarily Fuji Velvia, Velvia 100F and Provia100F.
Most of the flower photographs were made at local gardens and greenhouses. I would like to thank Carlotta Willis and Jonathan Klate, Carol Kinsey Pope, Debbie Windoloski, Marie Fowler and Verda Dale for their kindness in allowing me repeated access to their gardens. The Pioneer Valley has great resources for those interested in flowers and plants in the gardens and greenhouses at Smith College, Mt. Holyoke College and the University of Massachusetts. The staff at all these institutions have been very helpful and supportive to me personally and to photographers in general. For people living in or visiting the Amherst area, the David Chapin Kinsey Memorial Garden at the Jones Library in Amherst is worth a visit.
I greatly appreciate the constant support and assistance of my wife, Susan. In a very real sense these photographs would not have been made without her help.