Hunter

My weapon of choice is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor. Just over 10,000 of them actually. And I am deadly with them. Give me light and I can make war. Or love. Or laughter. Or sadness. That’s the power of the 20 ounces of metal, plastic, and circuit board slung around my neck. It may be the single most impactful invention in history with the exception of gunpowder, although the two aren’t mutually exclusive. What I do is shoot. I shoot a lot. The more I shoot, the better chance I have of getting what I want. I shoot people, animals, landscapes, buildings, events, athletes. I almost always hit my target. And I have never hurt a soul with my weapon. When I take aim, I make sure that my target isn’t right in the center of my crosshairs. It makes things more interesting that way. I don’t segregate. I shoot black & white, color. Sometimes I even change colors. I take pictures.

I like it because it’s the ultimate in using what you have. I don’t create anything. I’m not an artist. I’m a trapper. I spend hours hunting, shooting, missing, but if I come home with one truly capture I have succeeded. The hunt is half of the fun. I adhere to simple rules, all I really have to do is make a few adjustments, aim, and fire, but capturing what you want to convey is nearly impossible. I love it, however, because it can be done. People have made interesting photos out of a glass of water and a piece of white paper. It is an art. But we are not artists, we are hunters.

Something amazing happened in the ancient roman coliseum. I was looking at an old decrepit column, and I realized what I was doing. I was thinking about pictures that I could take. This is when I first realized that photography was a part of me. I realized that with my ten thousand complementary metal oxide semiconductors I could make something. Not make something, but take something. I loved it because I wasn’t making art, I was taking art and making it my own. The art was already there. I hunt art. I chase it down and I shoot it. I am a photographer; I am a hunter.

Check out my trophies from the hunt. (click it)