Night Photography nominee

These images are all water-related. They were taken on the shore of a sweet water lake and on board a tall ship sailing on the North Sea. The streaks in the sky are airplanes landing at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, USA. The streaks in the other two images are stars or the lights lining Rotterdam harbor.

I create photographic art. Mostly of nature. Sometimes of Man. Often of both. My work focuses largely on Lake Michigan and Chicago. Two muses I love to photograph. One a giant natural wonder and the other a giant man-made wonder living side-by-side. How they live together is a fascination and an inspiration. I look both to nature’s fluid and unpredictable patterns and colors and to the rigidity of Man’s architecture and the build environment. I endeavor to find them at their best and in ways that show an unusual view or perspective. The images are altered as little as possible and mostly to reflect what I saw through my lens. My artistic efforts center more on shooting — subject selection, composition and timing — than on post-production. I am proud and privileged to have the opportunity to awaken in viewers an appreciation of and respect for both the natural and man-make worlds around us.