I want to sincerely thank everyone who voted for my work in the Rangefinder Magazine contest! I'm overwhelmed by the support received via emails and voting from clients, family and friends alike! My work was chosen to the top five and will be featured in next month's issue of Rangefinder! The initial ten were chosen from over 3,200 websites submitted and the top five via online voting, which can be tricky, as it's a bit of a popularity contest and I'm a hermit! So I must truly thank everyone who voted and passed the link along! Not sure, but there may some images next month on their site, www.rangefindermag.com. I'll also scan and post the spread here, once I receive it.
Rangefinder Magazine recently chose ten artists for their contest 'Unsung Heroes,' and I was one of them! Although hero I am not, I could definitely use your votes! From the ten, five will be chosen via online voting and those artists will be featured in the magazine! As the self professed 'worst marketer in the world' of my own work, being featured in Rangefinder would do more in that regard than anything I could ever come up with, haha! The voting link is www.rangefindermag.com/storage/contest/unsung_voting.html. Vote as often as you like, every vote is much appreciated! Thank you in advance!!
I'm a Southern California based commercial advertising photographer, husband, son, brother and friend. A picture says a thousand words and the sensibilities and predilection of an artist, reflected within her or his expression is backed by a lifetime of experience. I gained a truly invaluable viewpoint on life from my Mother, who raised me by herself. I learned at a young age much about sacrifice, need, joy, heartache and a love that knows no limit. We familiarized ourselves with the satisfaction of surviving and the comradery that was born from this struggle. We lived in a small cabin outside Fairbanks Alaska that had no running water and no constant source of heat. The threats and challenges in our lives during this period were obvious and in retrospect, I wouldn't change any part of it. Having this childhood presented me the opportunity to realize what I did have-and appreciate it. I decided to take that opportunity and my appreciation for the blessings that surround me eventually found physical expression through photography. I wish my work to be a testament of the grace God has created within my life and in the world around me.