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Hi, this is Wayne, aka Happy Dragon Photography (www.happydragonphoto.com) I started shooting over two decades ago, back when I had to wind the film myself and even do my own black and white darkroom work. After a hiatus from serious shooting, I am back and loving the digital lifestyle. During my vacation from photography, I found a love for circus arts and became an experienced aerialist and fire dancer. Coming back into photography, I started to focus on shooting the arts that I love. Shooting performers and festivals has been my primary focus, but I also enjoy lifestyle portraiture and event work. My goal is to capture art and beauty wherever I see it and create still moments in the whirlwind of life. When I point my camera at someone or something, it is because I see beauty there and feel a connection with my subject and I want to be able to render that connection and beauty into a recorded image.
Many of the performers I have shot have commented that I made them look beautiful, but I see it differently. The beauty was already there, all I did was click a shutter at the right time and place so that they could see themselves the way I saw them, and the audience saw them.
I also have a photography blog, if you are so inclined to read it, and I have one book out so far, on shooting performances.
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Hey welcome to the site. Neat story of your journey. I shoot very similarly in that I also see beauty in strange places and hope to capture those moments for myself and others.
I also would love to go back to film someday soon when I can turn one of my rooms into a darkroom…
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