About

By trade, I am a software programmer but my passion is photography.

I am by no means, a professional nor would I consider myself a professional amateur. Perhaps a better term for me is accomplished amateur.

I have always been interested in photography probably from the time my parents gave me an 110mm pocket camera one year. This was probably in response to my interest in what my father was doing with camera at the time, a Minolta 35mm. I remember enduring rounds of standing up with my brother and sister at times of celebration like Christmas for the family photo. Like most kids, I thought this was something to be gotten over with as quickly as possible. I also remember too the periodic slideshow presentations where my father would set up a screen, the slide projector and go through a series of photos such as the trip he took to the Arctic.

Looking back now, I guess this was the seed that got me interested in photography. I studied intently the photography books that my local library had, learning about equipment, techniques and subject matter. Of course, my ability to put into practice what I read was severely limited. I was only 13 at time and my dreams were larger than the size of my piggy bank.

Sometime later,  I received my father’s 35mm camera and then I had a chance to put in practice a bit of what I read. Taking photos with the 110mm was like taking pictures with a toy so in a way I was growing up with photography. For two glorious years, I indulged my inner Besson limited by the fact that the cost of film and developing which was a lot in those days for a teenager.

Then, I stopped taking photos… for 12 years.

This is because the camera I had, became damaged and living in a small town in Newfoundland meant there was no camera repair shop nearby and even if there was, it would meant a repair for a camera that dated from the early 60′s. With that, my interest in photography faded especially as I was headed to university.

Fast forwarding to 1996, I picked up a compact 35mm film camera. This was in anticipation of me heading to Germany for a trip that turned out to be much more as I ended up living in Germany for awhile. Being in Europe would afford me an opportunity to see sights I only dreamed off. So it was that I resumed my photography habit once more though more of a touristry bent than anything else.

Upon my return from Germany, I still had my camera with me and I used it from time to time for simple snapshots and some trips to New York.  I did not have the photography bug as I once did.

But then something happened.

Madeleine was born.

This was a moment in my life when everything changed… and I intended to captured it.

By this time, I had started to be interested in digital photography. New cameras promising better resolutions at more affordable prices were becoming more common. I wanted to capture all of the moments of Madeleine’s life and as film appeared to be a technology of the past, going digital was the way to go.

Also, at this time, I just started up a blog and I intended to showcase my photography along with it.

The past six years have seen me progressed tremendously in phtography. From shooting in standard jpg modes to shooting in RAW format; from simple snapshots to more focused composition; from posting photos virtually unprocessed to where I have become more skilled in using software to get the most out of my photos including those that may not have been salvagable.