“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.” -Elliot Erwitt Creative Choices When it comes to the decision making process in editing one’s own photography, it can easily spiral to a constant back and forth game of when an image is ‘finished’. Chasing after the perfect coloring, lighting, or dramatic effects that the photographer experienced in real life and want so desperately to relay to the viewer. It is easy to become lost in such an immersive process, but ther

“The art of art, the glory of expression, is simplicity. Nothing is better than simplicity, and the sunlight of letters is simplicity." -Walt Whitman Introduction We arrived midday by motorbike. A crew of seventeen— a blend of drivers and passenger princesses. Yes, passenger princesses. We were on the third day of our four day loop around the Ha Giang region of Vietnam, and it was time for a detour. Winding roads with breathtaking views of the valleys and karst mountains in t

“ Nature has mysterious infinities and imaginative power. It is always varying the productions it offers to us. The artist himself is one of nature’s means. ” -Paul Gauguin Introduction Capturing this photograph led to the moment I felt that I could make my dreams a reality. Iceland had always felt magnetic, urging me to visit, and I was fortunate enough to take a trip there in the spring of 2022. While visiting with my good friend, I carried around my Sony a77 camera in hope