I am a 37 year old amateur photographer (amateur because I am unpublished, I am working on a business startup, and I've been doing this less than a year), who left my career as a United Methodist Pastor to pursue a calling to photography. I bought an Olympus OMD EM5 Mark III in March 2021 and started taking photos in April 2021 as a hobby to stay sober in recovery. This has evolved into 15 months of sobriety and a full fledged passion that has no end in sight. I seek to only improve and get better at capturing all there is in the world!
I hope to use photography for the purpose of highlighting the disease of alcoholism and recovery (I am currently working on a project that is a photographic representation of AA's 12 steps). I believe photography, as a medium of art, should be something that engages more than a viewer’s sense of sight - 'Beyond the Visual' is what I’m striving for and working towards!
I love photographing landscapes, waterscapes, rural buildings, classic cars, sunrises, sunsets, storms, wildlife - specifically birds, and people.
I am absorbing all I can from those who are willing to provide feedback. The ability to pause a moment in time is truly humbling!
