the Montage Years
Montage Period lasted from 2003-2006. It was a time of reflection about what was going on around and inside me. I was unsure if I should move to a large city or stay in the rural landscape I know. The rural landscape was being developed quickly. Life was speeding up and I was trying to slow it down while I created montages. I was also teaching photoshop at the time so the computer was a large part of my work.
before Montage
Two years after college I began creating in-camera double exposures. I cannot remember the reason why I started exploring double exposures maybe a happy accident. I do remember wanting natural and man-made elements to blend textures and shapes creating a completely new image.
the Montage beginning
Working with a film scanner and photoshop I combined multi images in one frame. The process is similar to double exposures and darkroom montages but the computer offered more advanced blending techniques.
the Digital Camera beginning
I began photographing from car windows after I bought my first digital camera in 2001. My 2.1 megapixel Olympus offered slow shutter speeds up to 16 seconds. Until this time I used only manual SLR cameras with a bulb setting which required me to count exposure times. The programed exposure times along with the ability to view the results instantly sparked a pursuit of photographing in low light with slow shutters while in motion.
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