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I do not really have a favorite subject. As long as the subject opens up certain emotions and I am able to translate those emotions to an image on a flat piece of paper for the enjoyment of others, we’re good. After about 10 years photographing exclusively with digital cameras and although I still shoot with digital and most definitely don’t deny the digital age, I decided somewhere in 2019 to go back to film, that I was using from the seventies until about 2008, for my personal work and some assignments, if appropriate. I love working with one of my vintage cameras, ranging from 1935 to 1958 that I use. Somebody said once about one of my pinhole Everglades images that the image "Really conveys that Everglades look!". That was one of the nicest comments I have ever received. Isn't that what we are all going for? That moment that the subject, the viewer, and the photographer all become one? It is my conviction that in order to capture a subject as good as you can, you must love and understand that subject. Even if it is just for a very brief moment in time, there is this creation of a relationship based on love, understanding, and respect. When I am at that point, I feel a form of intimacy with the subject, regardless of what that subject might be and it is this form of intimacy that is for me more present and pronounced shooting with film than with digital. Don't know if it is spiritual, but either way, pretty darn close. That “phenomena” is even stronger for me with pinhole photography. There are fewer technical things to worry about. Getting into that state of mind with a vintage camera is icing on the cake.