love

Weeks ago, I sat in my office pounding my head on my desk, rattling my brain for some ideas for a Valentine’s Day feature. Every time the creative side of my brain would offer a potential idea, the logical side of my brain would immediately turn it down. “You don’t have the right equipment. You don’t have enough time. You don’t know the right people. You are seriously insane!” But luck would have it that both sides of my brain would agree on one thing. That I love photographing LOVE. All this time, I have been training my eyes to see what my heart sees. To capture the moment my heart sees LOVE and communicate that in two dimensions, 1. as an artistic image in itself and 2. as the inner feelings of the subject(s).

You still following me?

In essence, the existence of my photography is based on my need to express my sensitivity to LOVE as a human being, an artist, and a lover.

Me. A sensitive photographer? Absolutely! When my colleague asked me what was the favorite part of my last shoot, I said, without hesitation, when the husband bent down to brush the dirt off his wife’s shoe. Unfortunately, I missed that unmistakable act of love with my camera and have been kicking myself for it ever since.

A special thanks to Jess and Tommy for trusting me to capture these intimate moments between them and being so in love that there were moments, I’m sure, that they had forgotten I was in the room with them. Thank you for being part of an obscure vision that could have only been done with their patience and receptive hearts.

And yes, you, thank you for reading and have a happy Valentine’s Day.