My first experiences with photography were during my high school years in the 1970s. At that time I was shooting and developing black and white film. Once out of high school I bought my own 35 mm film camera and an assortment of lenses. Eventually I ventured into digital photography. I have been enjoying shooting digital cameras. I like that you can process images at home, and that the overall process to getting the final image is faster. I tend to be a minimalist when it comes to processing, and only rarely have I done composite work in Photoshop. I like trying to make images natural looking, and limit my processing to tonal adjustments, and cleaning up small artifacts you get during long exposures such as hot pixels and sensor dust. Initially, I had no real focus in terms of subject matter in my early photography years, but this has changed. Now I focus on travel photography: landscapes, cityscapes, architecture and people. Long exposure photography is my real passion and I have had some of my images in small local galleries. Composition and lighting is very important in my work. This is the reason I like long exposure work. I find it simplifies compositions that include water, and I like the way long exposures render cloud movement to make images more dream-like. I mainly shoot in the early morning and late evening to take advantage of sunrises and sunsets, as well as the light becoming softer during those hours.