Photography | PORTLAND
-Are you ever afraid you will run out of inspiration and creativity in your job?
Yes and no. In the small picture, I do worry because I know that I will get complacent and feel that I have accomplished what I set out to. In the big picture, I always seem to find things that interest me, usually tangential things. A colleague once told me, “An enormous amount of work can be accomplished in a very small amount of time - as long as it does not pertain to the task at hand.”
-What is the most difficult thing in your job?
For every shot that works, there are literally hundreds of others that do not. It’s very much a process of “directed” trial and error. I usually start out with an idea of what I want to do, and then spend many hours setting things up and trying various techniques. I might spend several days and hundreds of failed shots experimenting before I can control the necessary variables. Finally, everything is just right, and I might get dozens of “keepers” in one sitting. Of course, along the way, I might discover a new area to explore. Serendipity is certainly at work, too. While it is tempting to use Photoshop to “fix” an image, I thrive on capturing what nature provided.
-What is the most fun part in your job? Solving problems and building new apparatuses.
-Do you expect your way of creating and photography to change in the future?
Yes - but I have no idea how and in which way.
-Do you embrace the changes in the photography industry regarding social media and digital magazine outlets?
I have to reserve judgment about this some. Though I’ve been involved in computer technology for many years, I feel like a stodgy old man about some of its new applications. I think it is wonderful that there is such a wide-spread, easily accessible medium for displaying work. I was very much propelled by the overwhelming interest in my work when it was “discovered” on the internet. However, several of the popular outlets look like a means for exhibitionism and voyeurism that don’t necessarily show people at their best.
-Do you aspire to collaborate with any artist from another artistic discipline?
I would love to work with a glass artist to create in glass some of the water shapes I have photographed. The mediums are so similar in appearance, and it would be exciting to have a “liquid sculpture” that lasted more than a fraction of a second.
-What is your favorite building in the world?
I have always been intrigued by the organic nature of Gaudi’s work.
-What would be your best home? Moderate-sized, private yard with casual landscaping including running water. Modest sleeping and eating quarters, and a lot of room for a studio with natural light connected to a wood shop, metal shop and storage.
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