Habenero

I started taking pictures and learned to develop the film before Lucy Johnson’s white house wedding took place. That is when I discovered that all photographs LIE. As a result of learning this truth, I decided to explore and embellish the lies that my camera revealed to me. The darkroom was a great hangout to me, but I hated monochrome and did most of my work in color using RA4 chemistry. Sometimes, I even got lucky and made a great image.

It wasn’t long after Photoshop 4 came out that I bought a negative scanner and started to learn digital manipulation. I did it the same way I acquired most of my knowledge, I read as much as I could about the techniques of the photographers that I admired, and played around until I got images I liked. I bought a better scanner and sold my darkroom equipment. The freedom I got by not having to time exposure, developer, blix and the rinse was put to use in creating better images.

I went mostly digital about June of 2008, by buying a Nikon D300. Now I can really lie with the best of intentions.

None of my work is in the public domain. It is registered and copyrighted to Habenero Photography.