Thomas B Photography

" The photographer must first have seen his subject, or some aspect of his subject as something transcending the ordinary. It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptivness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the travellar who enters a strange country ... they carried within them a sense of wonder ..." Bill Brandt

For me, it’s about making people look great. When I take a picture, it’s like having an outer body experience. I put myself in their position and think how I’d like to look, and I have very high standards as far as photography goes. So if I don’t think it’s quite right, I’ll work it until I do. Before I took up photography I drew portraits of people. I wanted them to love how I seen them. I didn’t care whether they were large, skinny, wrinkled, or smooth. Old, young, or middle aged. I would always find the best in them. If that meant a few tweaks here and there, then so be it. As long as it retained their likeness and characteristics and made me smile with satisfaction, Proud that I’d created an image we would all be pleased with, then I’d done a good job. I’ve often spent hours on a picture and scrapped it because it just didn’t work. It didn’t have the emotion, the connection a photographer/artist must have with his, or her muse. Even with a simple snap shot, you have to have seen something that inspired you to take it in the first place. I’m passionate about my photography. I care. If I didn’t, i’d be in your face now taking your picture whether you wanted me to, or not. But, hey, it’s got to be fun as well.