"Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is." Willa Cather

My background is as a theater director. I'm self-taught in photography and still learning, especially digital. I like studio work because of the ability to manipulate light but am beginning to appreciate and work with existent light more and more.