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 OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY:
IMAGES OF NATURE & THE HAND of MAN
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Mike has been a lifelong scenic photographer, self-taught, since before his teen years. However, only in the past several years has he taken his hobby to a serious level.
His subjects include sweeping land- and seascapes, patterns and shapes formed by mechanical and structural elements, intimate close-ups of natural objects. He especially enjoys making photographic artworks of mundane, often unnoticed details, such as the textures of a weather-beaten fence, or the random litter underfoot on beaches, sidewalks, and forest floors.
In making his photographs — that is, making images with light — Mike works with the ‘sweet’ light surrounding dawn and dusk, the brilliant reflections of sunlight on water and wet sand, the light transmitted through a translucent leaf, the the interplay of light and shadow with the textures of an old wooden shed or stone wall, the subtle gradations of shading and color across a scene, even the glow from a single streetlamp.
In addition to his “straight” color and monochrome work, Mike has digitally tinted or spot-colored various of his photographs that were originally black-and white, and made monochrome images from photographs first made on color film. He employs a “hybrid” workflow, capturing the image on film, digitizing the processed 35mm negative images on a dedicated film scanner, editing and optimizing on an Apple Macintosh™ computer and making final display prints with a photo-quality inkjet printer.
He has found his subjects in Maine, New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Florida; along the coast of Maui; and in Pennsylvania — including nearby state, county, and municipal parks, arboreta and horticultural sites, as well as in his own backyard. |
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