“Photography is not a ‘thing’ that you do. It’s a ‘feeling’ that you have. The feeling of being in that moment of time when you open the camera and look through the viewfinder and see what you have been waiting for and hoping for all of your life.” – Ansel Adams

I am a self-taught photographer that was intrigued and drawn into the medium since childhood when my grandmother gave me a Brownie camera. As such, I have slowly grown my talent and felt my mind seeing more than most when looking at a scene. I've also found much inspiration through Ansel Adams and his photography. We both share a deep love of the incredible beauty in nature, and he said it best, “It is all very beautiful and magical here – a quality which cannot be described. You have to live it and breathe it, let the sun bake into you.” – Ansel Adams     

When people say to me, 'do you alter your photos or are they just as the camera took them? Or, 'you must have a really good camera to take photos like these.' I then think to myself as Ansel did, “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” I then try to explain, and it sometimes doesn't meet their expectations. I tell them it is something I see in my head that I try to convey through the photo.   

Ansel said, “When I’m ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my mind's eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I’m interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without.”   

I have made thousands upon thousands of photos, and I sometimes find myself unsatisfied or doubting the results, many times thinking it could be better. I know I am not alone in this feeling that I have inadequately related that scene from my mind. Yet, I will continue trying to capture the vast beauty of this world as I see it and hopefully share at least a part of what I saw and felt with you.   

“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment.” – Ansel Adams   

It is my art, and it will always be my challenge... Ron Ware

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