Recently I read a book written by Julienne Kost about sitting and taking images from the Passenger Seat. Funny, I took photos from the passenger seat since I was a child. I still do this. I love the way trees and cars look like they’re moving when in fact it’s me who’s going fast as hell. Now that I’m a photographer, I embarked on a personal project. I take images of whatever I see from the passenger seat.

These images fall in with my abstract project, to an extent. I love the movement of the subjects. The way they flow in the wind. I found a certain passion for taking pictures from the passenger seat and find myself sitting there whenever I get a chance during my travels. However, when I get home and download my images from the disk, I get the criticism. Nothing is in focus”. Well, it doesn’t have to be. It’s not intended to be. It is art.

People only see what they are prepared to see- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I tell myself not to be concerned with what other people think of my images, heck, these will never be in print or seen by anyone. They’re for me. If I find one I really like I may print it. There are so many amazing sites to see and if I can capture them with my slow lens while moving, it can be very satisfying to see the end results.

Do what you like to do, it’ll probably turn out to be what you do best- Wallace Stiegner

While I’m taking these pictures I make mental notes for the stories I plan to tell about them. You see to me, it’s all about the story. How I present it is up to me. How it’s received is up to my listeners. Once I cull the images in Lightroom using the workflow I learned some time in the past, I follow up with Photoshop and add color or additional movement. Again, It’s what I want it to be. It’s my art.