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I dedicate this fine art photo site to all photographers nurturing a personal vision.
May these pages encourage your passion for fine art photos!
  Please allow me to introduce myself through my creative photography manifesto:
Does an exciting photo require a spectacular location, startling event or famous subject? I don't think so. Why not reveal the beauty in ordinary things - the 'everyday magic'? I would much rather look at a spectacular photo of an ordinary subject than an ordinary photo of a spectacular one.

Light, color, form, gesture - meaning beyond words.... then a spark of contact!
These visual raw materials surround us daily, calling us to express their magic.
Whatever your equipment or methods, in expressive photography four challenges remain:
 
  1. Seeing deeply with honesty
  2. Making a true connection to what you see
  3. Inserting a camera into this transaction and recording it accurately
  4. Producing an image for the viewer which is true to the seeing
             --Jim Coe 1996
Check out upcoming eBook, Art Head Start - art instruction for 2D and 3D digital artists. 

In a parallel universe, I'm a web developer and marketer at  http://WellMadeWebs.com
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Everyday Magic! was launched October 5, 1996
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