Explanation of my photography

There's not much to say, but the key thing would be I'm not interested in capturing reality. There's enough of that everyday. What I'm trying to do is turn what I capture into a painting-like thingie... thing... err...

The techniques employed include tuning of colors, usually to desaturate (tone down) colors and HDR (High Dynamic Range, a technique that has roots in Hollywood film making).

I come from a black-and-white photography background and it took me quite a while to 'like' color photography. So I guess that explains why the pictures are usually void of colors.

HDR is a little trickier to explain, but simply put, it's a combination of three or more exposures (shots) of the exact same scene; one taken in optimal exposure, one over exposed (to capture details that an optimal exposure would have missed because it's in the shadows) and one under exposed (to capture details that the optimal exposure would have missed because of burn out).

These three shots are than combined using a HDR program. It's really easier than it sounds.