For me, photography gets me out of my mental and physical rut. For photography, and not much else, I'll be out of bed well before dawn, crouch on a sand dune on a muggy summer dawn waiting for the sun to come up over the ocean, freeze on a windy shoreline waiting for just the right light around the lighthouse, get eaten by bugs waiting for the heron to fly, or wait patiently for the fisherman to move to a better place (hopefully for him and me). I've learned to stop now and then to look up, or look down, because there are often nice surprises. I'll hike distances and hills that I wouldn't think of doing on an ordinary day, because there's a hint that at the top or bottom there's a great waterfall, or panorama, or sunset. Photography teaches me to see things differently, to be patient. It has taught me to observe people carefully.
I've enjoyed making these images, and I hope you'll find something that touches you in these galleries.
Frank Tozier joined Fine Art America on January 14th, 2013.
