For me, photography is about control. Control of everything in the photographic process, from composition to the final image. I bring a high degree of skill and attention to detail to my work, in particular to the lighting. To light something properly you must have the tools, and you must know how to use them. The right tools let you put light exactly and only where you want it.

It is the play of light and shadow which creates drama. I don't always need to see everything. What I choose to hide in the shadow can be at least as important as what I bring into the light. For me a good photograph will evoke emotion. Photography without drama is barren, clinical.

The viewer of the photograph will often never touch the object in the picture, so I touch it for him with light. I skip light off rough surfaces to reveal texture. I wrap it softly and lovingly around graceful curves. I let the viewer caress with his eyes that which his hands will never feel.
I do not capture images. I create images.
Its all about the light.