James Smeaton Photography 3

It all began by scrubbing floors. I was a janitor in a high school for a summer job while putting myself through university and I saved my money to get a Kodak DC290, a powerful rig in 2000. I purchased it primarily for my efforts in building websites... essentially to take pictures of folks businesses or products.

Turns out it was a great compliment to the family gatherings, vacations and hikes in the forest. It did not take long before I started to pay attention to composition and genuinely try to create a nice photo. Now 17+ years later I have taken over a 160,000 images and I get the supreme comfort of reliving my beautiful experiences on this planet with the click of a button.

The icing on the cake is taking you fine folks along with me. A big thanks to the universe for my mom, she bought me my first DSLR and has always been my biggest fan. Only after years of her nagging me did I build up the courage to print my work and the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.

My love of the lens is firmly seated in the moment and working diligently not so much to capture it but to set it free from the bounds of time.