Exploring the human condition through photography offers endless variety and the opportunity to learn about ourselves.
"The camera allows me to trade places with the subject and get inside their story. For a short while, I'm able to imagine their life experiences. I work to give them back my impressions with an image that they view as real." Daniel Life
"With a portrait client, my eyes are the first camera. When we are ready I then lift up the lens, working with the subject to get back to what we just shared with our eyes. When we get there together, I feel as if I've been able to give back."
"Retouching must be natural, carefully keeping characteristic features and skin textures. In the end, the person in the image must look human themselves and believable. It must be an image that takes my eyes on a comfortable path, stopping only at the places I'm supposed to.."