“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” 

-Ansel Adams

I love the outdoors. And I love photography. The merger of the two is blissful. To me, the most joyous way to explore the world is through the lens of a camera. Discovering beauty in the land as well as the built environment provides a reservoir of growth and happiness, sufficient for me to weather many of the inevitable bumps-in-the-road in life.

-Pat Cook, 2022