Swiss Breakfast

While discovering a new breakfast dining spot in SoHo, that will definitely be revisited numerous times in the future, I took the time to capture the essence of the beauty of the ambience.

La Femme de la Ville

Café Select is a great way to begin the day before taking to the bustling shopping district streets of SoHo.

- Keilon

The Perfect Block

New York City can be a constant visual overload; which in my opinion is why it works so well for film making and videography. The viewer is constantly engaged by not only the subject but also the environment of said subject.  However, when it comes to my idea of photography, I prefer a less is more approach.

While strolling between villages in Manhattan (West Village into Greenwich Village), bar hopping, I chose to take a quieter, less scenic route between busy avenues and arrived at this gem of an intersection:

Minetta Triangle, Manhattan, NYC

I was taken with the simplistic beauty (reoccurring theme of mine) of this environment.  Although it's in the midst of a very popular party and entertainment district, it manages to retain it's quiet charm.  Additionally, the melodramatic artificial glow on the block personified the after midnight diminishing ambience of the moment.  I was reminded of the heavy footsteps upon concrete echoing back in the night that I experienced in an equally as charming southern setting in the city of Charleston, South Carolina some years back.

This environment has inspired me to finally decide upon a setting for a short film drama that I've already written which is in need of a location. I look forward to re-imagining inspiration on this side street.

Lady in the Meadow

When I think of the the American Midwest, aside from the bustling metropolis of Chicago, I think of the beauty and majesty of the the natural environment. The generally flat lands and rolling meadows that define much of the landscape outside of the region's major cities, and sometimes even within them, dominates the perspective. Case in point, this shot that I took along the embankment (technically someone's backyard)  of Fall Creek in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Lady in the Meadow, Indianapolis, Indiana

Whenever I see this photo, I'm reminded of the simplistic beauty that life and nature provides us each day.  Embrace life and God bless.

- Esoteric