To me, “Illuminating” through photography is about opening up viewers’ eyes to something they’ve maybe never seen before, or something they’ve seen a million times but never quite seen it the way I chose to portray it.  Remember the way everything looked as a child?  Huge skyscrapers, seemingly giant athletes, massive 747 airplanes; often the only thing that separates the everyday from the awe-inspiring is the three feet that separate an adult from a kid.  So, I try to shoot from an angle you may not normally view things in, and I try to share each image in the way it impacted me the most.

Sun breaks through the clouds on ferry ride from Naha, Okinawa to Yoron island. Population: 6,000.

Clouds scatter as the sun rises to meet Mt. Ishizuchi (Stone Hammer);

Tallest mountain in Western Japan at 1,982 m.

Photo of Atlanta just past sunset from Jackson Street Bridge as commuters enter and depart downtown.