For me, landscape photography is a way of life. It’s is my way of engaging with the earth and observing how light brings the forms of the earth to life. I consider myself a witness to light. It’s up to me to see; to pay attention and hopefully faithfully record and interpret an event that took place with light. I enjoy the pace of the larger camera because it forces me to slow down and observe. I will walk around with a viewing card and wait for the light; sometimes several hours before I expose the negative. Composition of the image comes from within as well as letting the landscape speak to me; somewhere in the middle of the two I release the shutter. I love the quality of black and white, because it reduces everything to it’s simplest shapes, forms and texture . I prefer the silver based image for its depth and richness in tone; there is nothing like it. When I print the negative in the darkroom, there are many options for interpretation; again I just enhance what has already taken place. If all the magic works I will have a print that I would like to share with others.