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I’d say that photography was my second passion after my bicycle. I remember noticing and appreciating photography at a young age\u2014the composition, the focus, and the light.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Portrait<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Documentary<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I got my first camera for my eighteenth birthday (thanks Mom!). I was, by that time, completely obsessed with BMX, and it was only natural to start photographing my friends. By this time I had been scrutinizing the photos in BMX magazines for years, I had a favorite photographer, and I had analyzed his lighting choices and angles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I learned in the age of film, which I imagine is different from learning digitally. Each shot had a very real cost associated to it, and I wanted to make each one count. Rather than simply push the button and instantly see the result, you are forced to imagine, visualize, compute, and then patiently await the outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In time my “shots” improved and I began contributing to BMX bicycling magazines. A few years later I had the opportunity to make a magazine of my own creation. I don’t think I stopped long enough to appreciate it at the time, but I had achieved my teenage fantasies. Strange how anxiety mixed with expectations and desire can muddle one’s appreciation of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time the nature of my photography evolved to suit the nature of the design work I was doing. Often it took on an increasingly commercial quality. I flirted with the prospect of becoming a professional photographer outside of the BMX industry, but alas it never took shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photography that I find interesting now I would describe as documentary, the sort of photography one might encounter in the pages of National Geographic, which I remember pouring over and appreciating as a child. Had the bicycle not pulled so strongly at my soul, perhaps I would have pursued photography to a different degree. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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