Nature nominee

Two old friends having a morning chat in the desert. Growing up in the midwest we didn't have deserts and had never seen one with my own eyes until I moved out west two decades ago. It took me a few years to understand and appreciate the desert and it's healing qualities, I'm so thankful I did. There something about the solitude, isolation and silence of the desert to help regain balance and harmony in life.

The natural world has a profound effect on me and I am inspired to capture it. Everything disappears when I immerse myself in the beauty of life all around me. It is like therapy. There is a powerful presence in nature’s essence, and through photographing it, I can encapsulate glimpses of it in ways that words can not describe. I shoot all sorts of natural imagery, from grand landscapes, seascapes, flora, to wildlife. Untouched and untamed by the human world, nature is always in movement and I like to capture diversity in these moments. I choose to photograph in black and white to maintain the raw emotion that nature emits. Focusing on the simplicity of form through light and darkness, the essence of the subject becomes a powerful image that moves me.