Welcome to Captured by Light! I am Dorean (pronounced “dor-ay-ON”). I am an amature photographer, suffering from a life-long fascination with the art of photography. I think photography is an extension of my fascination with light. Ever since I can remember I’ve been fascinated with light, as well as how light inter-plays with shadows. One of my favorite pass-times as a child was to sit in the shade of mature trees and watch the shadows of the leaves. Sometimes it was to watch them dance across the page of a library book I was reading, and sometimes to lie on my back and watch them dance across the roof of a tent. When my kids were little, we would “chase shadows” of clouds as we were out and about running errands; this was a game of watching the effect of driving into and out of the shadows thrown on the road by clouds on sunny days. I guess you could say I’m somewhat obsessed!

Anyway, I didn’t really get actively involved in photography until a couple years ago. The spare time I had now that homeschooling the kids was done, combined with the advent of digital photography, thus making the art more affordable, combined to give me the opportunity I had been waiting for. 

My heart is to share the wonders of God I see around me through my photography. Sometimes I see the hand of God in the texture of tree bark, in the beauty of a sunset, the face of a baby, or in the amazing creativity He has put in people. Sometimes it’s in bizarre ideas that jump into my head and just cry out to be recorded on film (or, well, digital card…).

I also have a blog of my writing, which varies anywhere from random ramblings to deep musings. You can read it at: http://dorean.wordpress.com/ 

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