I create fine art imagery of our natural world using photography. The digital technology available today allows me to go beyond the boundaries of what photography can be. In my work I try to combine landscape and nature themes with my creative vision to take the viewer on a visual journey into my art which is highly influenced by my inner feelings and how the world speaks to me.

I love the challenge of exploring new places, whether close to home or far off the beaten track. I especially like coming back to familiar places to discover new perspectives, seasonal changes or ever changing conditions.

I feel comfortable working in colour or black and white, but over my decades in photography I am continually drawn to working in black and white. Without the distraction of colour I can concentrate more on the luminosity, geometry, tonal range and abstraction presented to me. The black and white image is a catalyst that allows me to inject more of my soul into my art.

My work has been created primarily in the area of the remote wilderness landscape... A journey on the path less travelled. In recent years I have expanded my journey to engage with the urban landscape as well. Explorations more worldly as well as closer to home have become an important part of the art.

I learned my craft in the traditional chemical black and white darkroom. I began the first fourteen years of my professional photographic journey as a photojournalist for The Province newspaper in Vancouver. I photographed people at their best and their worst. I spent hundreds of hours working under the yellow safelight, learning to craft a black and white print, usually printing to a very short deadline.

It was during my time as a photojournalist that I first discovered landscape. A lengthy labour dispute that ended in a four month long strike was my catalyst into the world of landscape photography. On a day when I was not on picket duty I loaded up my car with my camera gear and headed out of the city. A random stop on the side of a back road and a hike into the woods with my camera gear changed my life forever. I was instantly 'hooked' on nature and the landscape. Creating the fine art print as it pertained to the natural landscape became my personal journey for decades to come.

My journey into the world of digital photography was at first one of skepticism and doubt. I very quickly embraced a new set of technologies and made the transition to the digital darkroom and a lot more creative freedom. I still on occasion like to pull out a negative that I created on a 4 x 5 inch sheet of film, drum scan the negative and introduce the image to the digital darkroom.

I have embraced the digital darkroom as it allows me the precision and control that I need to fulfill the process of turning my vision and feelings into the physical fine art prints I create.

When in the field I compose my image full frame in the viewfinder... A habit left over from my large format days. Panoramic cropping is done with a dedicated panoramic format camera..

I generally do not use filters with the exception of a polarizing filter to reduce glare or a neutral density filter to slow down exposure time.

My darkroom post processing is straight forward and to the point. Create a master file using levels and curves adjustments, a retouching layer to eliminate sensor dust and minimize minor imperfections and some output sharpening before making the final print.

Cloud and shadow detail is created by exposure blending additional bracketed exposures.

My personal photographic journey into the world of the fine art landscape print is a compelling message to the natural environment and how I respond to it. Six decades since I picked up my first camera and the sense of magic stills exists for me on my photographic journey with the landscape.