Morning Exercises [Resting Point]

Today I came to a good resting point on my canvas. I even named it "Water Marks". I will leave it be for a while, live with it in my apartment and decide how to proceed after spending some time with it in the background.

Light Photography [Water and Light in Motion]

Cinderella

DNA

Gemini

Hurricane

Magic 8 Ball

Mars

Poseidon

Techno

The above photographs were taken with a Nikon D80, on a special shutter speed in the dark of night. The images you see are the result of fluid motion, colored light, water, and lens coming together. These abstractions are seconds captured in time. The camera sees and captures the dancing motions mixed with the lights in a way that no human eye can. Look closely, and you will see mirroring images, complex lines, and the illusion of three dimensionality. No filters or Photoshop here.

Photo Series [Blue in Glass]

Beluga

Goblin

The Whale Shark

Floating Ray

Fish Eyes

Overlapping Axes

King Crabs

Captivated Audience

Admiring the Blue

Shadow  People

I find a melancholy beauty in aquariums. The creatures dance with such grace and fluidity in their confined walls. I always wonder if they're gazing back at us? Rays are particularly lovely in their angelic way and I find them to be the most beautiful beings.

For me, water is symbolically connected to emotion. Nearly all of the dreams I can recall take place in or around water. Its mysterious energy is truly hard to explain. That feeling comes on of being infinitesimally small when staring out at the sea, diving into a lake, or moving through aquariums (planetariums too). These photographs remind me of the eerie meditative and reflective spaces of our minds. 

The above photos echo the sentiment that sometimes it feels as though we are but mere shadows and reflections floating through life, just like the creatures we pay to see.