A self-taught photographer, Michael began experimenting with light and its effects on light sensitive media when he was given a Kodak Brownie Starlet camera around ten. Since then he has had a number of cameras, the last film camera being an Olympus OM-4 SLR.
Early influences on Michael’s photography came mainly from books by/on Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Minor White, Olegas Truchanas, Peter Dombrovskis, Wolfgang Sievers, and exhibitions of photographs by Australian Photographers.
While Michael has always had an interest in natural history and his photography started out with this type of emphasis, it has moved on from merely recording the natural, and man-made environment to using the form, arrangement, and the interplay of light within the image to convey emotions at the time of capture. Starting with a full ‘canvas’, he seeks to de-clutter it by using the right vantage point and lighting.
Michael’s photography ranges from architectural/industrial through to images inspired by the natural world, and ranges from broad landscapes to details within landscapes, with patterns and textures playing a large part in the images.
While most of his post processing on an image is to do with exposure, contrast, and the like, he does occasionally create images that speak of another reality.
His images are printed on archival photographic papers from the Ilford Galerie range using the Epson UltraChromeHD Pigment Ink sets.
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