My husband is a triple threat. "Sing, Dance Act?" you
ask. No (well...not in front of an audience, anyway). It's more like:
Write, photograph, fill in other desirable talent here. He can write
music, wrestle, cook, clean, etc etc etc. His "day job" involves editing
medical text. He has a part time job writing movie reviews. His new
business is aspiring photographer. No, he probably won't do your
wedding. He likely will not have you pose for high school photos, either
(although he and I have been known to take each other's fake senior
portraits on vacation as a joke). He will create some art that you could
hang in your home or small business or gallery as a conversation piece.
His brand of artistry captures not just what you can see with the naked eye. You see, he takes photographs at night. He does day shots as well, but I like his night shots best. They take a long time to set up and shoot. His exposures last 30 seconds or more. All of which would bore me to tears if I were out with him. But he does it alone. In the dark. These painstaking trips in the dark often yield one photo. Don't get me wrong, he'll take a few. But with each exposure lasting so long, you have to wait for a while to see if what you are shooting is good. Or if you need to make an adjustment. And it's all a test of your fortitude in 30 degree weather, which for me, makes it all the more impressive. So I'll gladly go camping with him over the next few years and sleep quietly in a tent with the kids while he's out capturing the sky.
His brand of artistry captures not just what you can see with the naked eye. You see, he takes photographs at night. He does day shots as well, but I like his night shots best. They take a long time to set up and shoot. His exposures last 30 seconds or more. All of which would bore me to tears if I were out with him. But he does it alone. In the dark. These painstaking trips in the dark often yield one photo. Don't get me wrong, he'll take a few. But with each exposure lasting so long, you have to wait for a while to see if what you are shooting is good. Or if you need to make an adjustment. And it's all a test of your fortitude in 30 degree weather, which for me, makes it all the more impressive. So I'll gladly go camping with him over the next few years and sleep quietly in a tent with the kids while he's out capturing the sky.
Curious? Check out his flickr page.
