Michael
Sage
About the photographer
Photography has been a part of my life for 20 years.
Around 1977 I vaguely remember clicking photos with my Mom’s
Kodak 110 camera.
It wasn’t until ninth grade when
photography re-entered my life and it was then I was introduced
to the darkroom.
After completing High School in 1986 I began my formal training
when I attended school to study photography.
At that time I work with the local newspaper as a staff photographer.
A couple of years later I moved to Costa Mesa, California to seek
further instruction.
I now try to photograph with the “keep
it simple” philosophy. It’s the photographer that makes
the image not the camera. Some of my favorite photographs are made
with my pinhole cameras. These cameras are lens less; constructed
from a box with film at one end and a pinhole at the other. The
simplicity of these cameras and the untraditionally unique images
that are produced is wonderful.
Educated with a traditional photography
background, I was a bit reluctant to pursue the digital route. I
like to think of myself as a “purest” when it comes
to the photographic process. I feel that film has specific characteristics
that digital capture can’t replicate…yet. Digital photography
is a constantly changing medium; I am always seeking new information
and am now learning digital darkroom techniques.
I primarily shoot digitally but at times still enjoy using a film
camera. It’s exciting to be a part or it all.
My professional introduction to photography
started as a photojournalist.
I photographed as an observer. That is the way I make images today.
I don’t try to invoke or include my presence in my images,
yet at the same time the act of pressing the shutter makes me a
part of them at that exact moment.
Each photograph is light, darkness, color, form and pattern as they
present themselves to me.
I enjoy very much showing my photographs.
The feedback and critique is important for
progress. It gives me a sense of completion.
Please view my galleries on this
website. All comments are welcome.
Feel free to contact me by clicking the contact button.
Michael Sage
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