Photography, sans a minor introduction by my father back in the day of film with his Canon A1, is mostly a recent phenomenon. I have discovered the use of a lens as a means to explore my environ, especially in the past year. A reserved introvert, my camera allows me to explore the external world. I am naturally inclined to focus on still photographs of landscapes and close-ups of nature. It is my way of both communing with and capturing the essence of these "things" — and yet how does one capture one perspective's within context to any given moment through a rather limited, two-dimensional projection? Nevertheless, photographs are strong elixir and concoction for photographer and viewer alike, acting as both a mnemonic key for photographer and doorway for viewers to a time and place far removed from the present now. While I use photography to explore color, I am primarily interested in composition. My introduction to composition stretches back to childhood where my sister greatly influenced my passion for self-expression through art. Incidentally, it is her own love of pencil which greatly impacted my choice of favorite mediums. That said, I have never had a strong desire to express my work in color and thus my staple mediums have remained pencil, ink (pen and brush), and to much lesser degree charcoal. Photography has allowed me to become both more comfortable and more aware of color at an intimal level. Feel free to contact me at pics@wardosworld.com.

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