Landscape photography is not about holding up a mirror to ourselves—unlike urban scene “street” photography or portrait photography or fashion photography. Instead, it’s about context and detail; about universes big and small, the veins in a leaf, the pebble, the rock, the mountain, the range, the vast stretches of dirt and rock and sky and water, and though we’re not visibly present in any of these scenes, at least not in my photography, I hope we as viewers can end up inside them emotionally. Be it in awe of the majesty of the land, in amusement at the juxtapositions and ironies of the compositions that present themselves to the photographer’s eye, or even in a touch of fear of the darkness at the edge of the forest or the sheerness of the precipice, I am content if there is some response.


Says Lois: In 1985 Richard handed me his Nikkormat camera with a 50mm lens to photograph my first (and only) hot air balloon ride near the Mission Mountains at sunrise. The photos were not very good, but I began to sense the possibilities. A couple of years later, he again handed me that same camera to help him cover a golf course opening where Jack Nicklaus was playing. I began a connection between me, the camera and the subject. What excitement! I continue to work on my 'eye' as well as my technique. As a psychotherapist (work I love and that constantly teaches me -- http://www.bluemountainclinic.org), I am aware of patterns, connections and space in people's lives. This is a part of much of my photography as well. I hope you enjoy our work.