a purpose...

Some photographers work to capture relationships, others capture vivid colors with fun and fancy, still others are there to create the perfect pose and perfect smile.

Through my lens I work to capture the wonder, the childhood wonder which somehow fades away as silently and quickly as the last summer firefly. It may be black and white, sometimes color. May not even see a face, just a glimpse of something which makes us remember that time. That time which we often rush our own children through. The time to turn over every rock to see what is underneath, to look for bright red ladybugs or to simply feel the sand run through our fingers as the sound of the surf brings us home.

I am beginning to make some changes. Changes to make a difference in what is left here on this earth for our children. If there is one thing that I would like to accomplish with my photographs it is to show the importance of nature; clean oceans, blue skies, forests to explore, mountains to climb. It is so evident to me and so very important.

I don't know why this hasn't surfaced before. My photographs and the style of my art seems to grow stronger each day my children grow older. Each day that I watch them digging for worms, catching helicopters as they fall from the trees, running along the beach racing the tide as it washes away their footprints I know what I must show people. What I strive to capture in my photographs and what I would like to create with my business.

You may start to see some changes in my website and my posts here. I will be spending some time revising my mission statement and researching ways to help Heather Bowes Photography be green and support a cleaner and better earth for our children. I invite you to join me as much or as little as you like. Stop by here to learn as I do and make some changes as I do.

I feel better after getting that out!
best,
Heather