I love ideas, images, language and stories. I live for screenwriting and motion picture production, but I'm also fascinated by the pure simplicity, immediacy and power of still photos to freeze critical moments in time for instant review and communication.

I bore easily and need to continually explore new POV's, subject matter and techniques. But, if I had to pick one favorite subject, it would be human faces which can express limitless emotions and deep feelings without words. Each face is a diary of the person’s life, even when we try to hide behind the public mask we all wear. It's exciting to look beyond the surface image to the story "behind" it.

A talented photographer or artist intuitively peers behind the mask. It’s not a skill that can be taught or learned from a book. Most every portrait reveals how the photographer and subject feel about each other. Even if fleeting, there is always a moment of close personal bond and an instant of total raw honesty between artist and model. Every portrait says as much about the photographer or artist as about the subject...this also applies to Selfies!

Also, IMHO the person behind the camera is a lot more important than the camera itself. Obsessing over the latest, most expensive equipment is a waste of time, money and energy that only profits greedy manufacturers and dealers. Some of the most spectacular still photos were created with basic, simple cameras and lenses. Check out the incredible images in photography galleries at the NY Museum of Modern Art, New York Met, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, etc.

Motion pictures operate in a more expansive, multi-layered and complex arena by integrating vision with music, speech/language, pacing, cross-referencing and manipulation of time.

Still photography and motion pictures are both amazing mediums -- but qualitatively different. Each provides its own unique way of visualizing, communicating and interacting with “our world." Someone said: “To each person, he is the world.” What you perceive through though the viewfinder is "your" world. Being able to see and share that world is one of the most exciting things about being alive!